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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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

€ 84.10
€ 64.47

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
€ 37.18

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
€ 29.58

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

€ 59.23
€ 46.42

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646428
ISBN
9780691646428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.91

Paperback. Series: Klement lectures on the Civil War. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Marquette Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874623321
ISBN
9780874623321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

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
€ 28.52

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

€ 129.12
€ 97.49

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
€ 29.86

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

€ 94.76
€ 79.61

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; 3JJ; DNJ; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650081
ISBN
9780691650081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.13

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
€ 28.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 44 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
revised and updated edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170284
ISBN
9780231170284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBWE; HRAM2; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648378
ISBN
9780691648378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.46

Paperback. The description for this book, Pulpit in Parliament: Puritanism During the English Civil Wars, 1640-1648, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621500
ISBN
9780691621500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; AVGU; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Rare Bird Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940207612
ISBN
9781940207612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.37

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; AVGU; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Carpet Bombing Culture
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908211446
ISBN
9781908211446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 750 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGU; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653701
ISBN
9780859653701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Reveals a world where a suitcase can comment on politics and a marionette can play Faust. This work is a practical exploration of the use of puppets and objects, and how they are used with light, shadows and sound in performance. Num Pages: 160 pages, 111 colour photographs, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JMC; ASZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 346. A Practical Guide. 160 pages, 111 colour photographs, 6 line drawings. Reveals a world where a suitcase can comment on politics and a marionette can play Faust. This work is a practical exploration of the use of puppets and objects, and how they are used with light, shadows and sound in performance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JMC; ASZM. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 10. Weight: 348.
Publisher
Crowood Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861269607
ISBN
9781861269607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. Editor(s): Bell, John. Num Pages: 204 pages, 110. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
203
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262522939
ISBN
9780262522939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.04

Hardcover. William Hyde Wollaston made an astonishing number of discoveries in an astonishingly varied number of fields. This book features length study of Wollaston, his science, and the environment in which he thrived. It will help to reinstate Wollaston in the history of science and the pantheon of its great innovators. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones, 32 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226245737
ISBN
9780226245737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): Morgan, Edmund S. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPS; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
404
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206885
ISBN
9780872206885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.23
€ 46.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Edmund S. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPS; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206878
ISBN
9780872206878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A collection of essays that assesses the seventeenth century, interpreting what used to be called 'The Puritan Revolution', the ideas which helped to produce it and resulted from it, and the relation between these ideas and the political and economic events of the day. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 504. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003101
ISBN
9780712667227
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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