Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. Alongside unprecedented improvements in longevity and material well-being, the twentieth century saw the rise of fascism and communism and a second world war followed by a cold war. Governments with market economies won the battle against these competing systems by combining growth and efficiency with greater equality of opportunity and outcome. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 3 graphs, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062177
- ISBN
- 9780674062177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. A reassessment of the 20th century exploring topics such as the breakdown of the Old World, the lack of international accord, the failure of the Arts in recent years and the influence of the Third World. Num Pages: 640 pages, Section: 32, B&W. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Edition
- 1st Abacus Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106717
- ISBN
- 9780349106717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.29
€ 21.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Written by two esteemed historians, this book is a long-awaited synthesis of this crucial period in history. It gives us a reflective, deeply informed analytical survey of the extraordinary period between 1788 and 1800, when America was struggling to set its most important precedents in forming itself as a nation. Num Pages: 944 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195093810
- ISBN
- 9780195093810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
Paperback. Bestselling author A. C. Grayling explains how--fueled by original and unorthodox thinking, war, and technological invention--the seventeenth century became the crucible of modernity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408870020
- ISBN
- 9781408870020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Provides an alternative overview of the 18th-century British economy. Recent macroeconomic history has presented a male industrial revolution as the general experience, but new textiles and metal industries were primarily employers of women. This edition covers these industries. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 line drawings, 18 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; KCB; KCZ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415069359
- ISBN
- 9780415069359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.56
€ 56.56
Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082184
- ISBN
- 9780252082184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.23
€ 32.99
€ 31.23
Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040672
- ISBN
- 9780252040672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Hardback. The Age of Projects uses the notion of a project as a key to understanding the massive social, cultural, political, literary, and scientific transitions that occurred in Europe during the late seventeenth century. Editor(s): Novak, Maximillian E. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098733
- ISBN
- 9780802098733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.92
€ 106.92
Paperback. The Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. This book examines the inducements - political, economic, religious - to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520042353
- ISBN
- 9780520042353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138784642
- ISBN
- 9781138784642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.34
€ 49.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863153952
- ISBN
- 9780863153952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. The first volume of Hobsbawm's classic and universally acclaimed trilogy on the 19th century, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349104843
- ISBN
- 9780349104843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Hardback. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300190984
- ISBN
- 9780300190984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 6.23
€ 25.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A discussion of television and changes in the media over the last two decades of the 20th century. Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Martin Esslin appraises American television with the eyes of both a detached outsider and a concerned insider. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APT; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765808882
- ISBN
- 9780765808882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Hardcover. During the 18th-century deposits of gold, silver, diamonds and emeralds were discovered in Brazil, enabling the Court of Portugal to commission art on a lavish scale. This book is devoted to this period of Portuguese art and history, including paintings, sculpture, furniture and textiles. Editor(s): Levenson, Jay A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w + 140 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JF; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300058413
- ISBN
- 9780300058413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 45.72
€ 58.63
€ 45.72
Paperback. Argues that the American, French, and Polish revolutions - and the movements for political change in Britain, Ireland, Holland, and elsewhere - were manifestations of similar political ideas, needs, and conflicts. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 880 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 35. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161280
- ISBN
- 9780691161280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Paperback. When first published in 1928, The Age of the Gods was hailed as the Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813219776
- ISBN
- 9780813219776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.06
€ 43.06
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5fig. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017764
- ISBN
- 9780674017764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.29
€ 54.99
€ 45.29
Paperback. This book provides the historical background to the rise of the Big Society. Voluntarism has evolved over the last hundred years to adapt to changing circumstances, drawing up new agendas, tackling old problems, and acting as an alternative to state provision and as a catalyst for further government action. Editor(s): Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 208 pages, one illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264829
- ISBN
- 9780197264829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.54
€ 28.54
Paperback. This diagnostic history of Argentina's economic prostration is full of timely lessons for readers in the United States about how an irresponsible capitalist elite and cynical politicians can lead a wealthy nation to throw it all away. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313378799
- ISBN
- 9780313378799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.58
€ 35.99
€ 30.58
Hardback. This is the first comprehensive new study of the Greek Jewish experience during World War II to be published in sixty years. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755849
- ISBN
- 9780804755849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Paperback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343097
- ISBN
- 9780822343097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. In the mid-1930s the Mexican government expropriated millions of acres of land from hundreds of US property owners as part of President Cardenas' land redistribution program. This title analyzes this conflict at the local, regional, national, and international levels in a nuanced way that combines social, economic, political, and cultural history. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 387 pages, 26 photos, 7 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342953
- ISBN
- 9780822342953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522870220
- ISBN
- 9780522870220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.84
€ 60.84