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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Second Printing
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130484
ISBN
9780691130484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.62

Paperback. Series: Asian Security Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 black & white tables, 16 black & white halftones, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415783224
ISBN
9780415783224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Paperback. Series: Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 409 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068377
ISBN
9780520068377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.78

Hardback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759100008
ISBN
9780759100008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.47

Paperback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759100015
ISBN
9780759100015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.73

Hardback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807326
ISBN
9780774807326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.85

Paperback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBCB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807333
ISBN
9780774807333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.23

Hardback.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751599
ISBN
9780804751599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.17

Paperback. Television is a massive industry in China, yet fewer people are watching television screens. This ground-breaking study explores how television content is changing, how the Chinese government is responding to the challenges presented by digital media, and how businesses are brokering alliances in both traditional and new media sectors. Series: International Screen Industries. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; APT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844576838
ISBN
9781844576838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.44

Paperback. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 208 pages, 1 map. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744065
ISBN
9780804744065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744058
ISBN
9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.91

Paperback. "Lauterbach's tribute .. is welcome and overdue." -Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342949
ISBN
9780393342949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Conceived as non-sectarian and non-political the YCV was, in stages: a youth movement with national aspirations; a paramilitary body prepared to take up arms; and core of a British Army military unit fighting in most 1916 -7 battles. Dubbed 'Chocolate Soldiers' and 'odd men out', their story is told via photos and the words of the men themselves. Num Pages: 272 pages, Two photo sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJF; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781780730592
ISBN
9781780730592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 13.87

Hardcover. The Choice of the Jews under Vichy is written from the joint perspective of a historian and a participant in the events he describes. An organizer of the communist faction of the Jewish resistance in France, Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony. Translator(s): Sayers, Will. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040215
ISBN
9780268040215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726779
ISBN
9780226726779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.72

Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813166155
ISBN
9780813166155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.79

This edition is the first full scale study of John Cannon and his chronicles. Known to some as 'the poor man's Pepys', Cannon wrote a remarkably candid autobiography, during a crucial period of change in British history. Part 1 includes Cannon's account of his service in the Country Excise. Editor(s): Money, John. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 420 pages, Colour plate section, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264546
ISBN
9780197264546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.76

Hardback. Focusing on the Catholic intellectual critique of modernity during the period immediately before and after the turn of the twentieth century, this book examines how the Catholic Church attempted to retain its identity in an age of pluralism. It shows a Church fundamentally united on major issues. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131865
ISBN
9780231131865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.84

Hardback. Challenges the tired orthodoxy that the Church of England had a bad First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270514
ISBN
9781783270514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.54

Paperback. Boris Johnson brings the legacy of Sir Winston Churchill back to life, to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 X 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444783056
ISBN
9781444783056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Lovell presents the epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342253
ISBN
9780393342253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.76

Hardback. What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This scholarly work intends to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 698. 360 pages. What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This scholarly work intends to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight: 698.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638284
ISBN
9780748638284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53
€ 101.00

Paperback. This scholarly work documents the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. It draws on archival resources including documentation kept by cinema managers and the diaries and recollections of cinema-goers. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685219
ISBN
9780748685219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. The Italian art cinema of the 1960s is known worldwide for its brilliance and vitality. This title argues for an understanding of that cinema as a negotiation between a national aesthetic tradition of realism and a nascent post-modern image culture. It is suitable for scholars and students in different areas of film studies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327998
ISBN
9780822327998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

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