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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, this title argues for a reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." It traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCZ; KNJH; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397391
ISBN
9781566397391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardback. Lee Brown was an African-American labour activist who was jailed in the 1950s for protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is the story of Brown's life from his political awakening as a youth from the rural South to his rise to leadership, time of imprisonment and beyond. Series: Voices and Visions: People & Events That Made a Dfference in American Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691913
ISBN
9780847691913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.32

hardcover. This is biography of Agoston Haraszthy, an immigrant who apart from his efforts to establish a wine industry in California, holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States and author of only the second Hungarian-language book about the USA. Num Pages: 596 pages, 36 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; TVSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731454
ISBN
9780804731454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333637852
ISBN
9780333637852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Hardcover. Negotiations between Israel and the Arab states have continued since the 1990s, through Israeli administrations, the death of a King of Jordan, and riots and protest. This collection presents a debate among scholars and public officials over the power these structures engender in the region. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPR; GTJ; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738504
ISBN
9780333738504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. An exploration of key texts "Howards End", "The Rainbow", and the poetry of Owen, Sassoon and Edward Thomas to show the mingled continuation and rejection of convention as their characteristic achievement It also discusses the writing's increasing concern with inadequacies of language. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; CF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333605400
ISBN
9780333605400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardcover. A study of the American economy from 1929 to 1989 through the analysis of national income statistics and other data, this book reaches important conclusions regarding the causes of unemployment, the relation of inflation to the stock of liquid assets and the budget deficit. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333576571
ISBN
9780333576571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Structures of Feeling in Seventeenth-Century Cultural Expression explores how artists made use of various cultural forms - notably the visual arts, poetry, theatre, music, and dance - to grapple with human values in the increasingly heterodox world of the 1600s. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones; 1 figure. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442640627
ISBN
9781442640627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42, 28 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890864
ISBN
9780801890864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 130. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466788
ISBN
9781608466788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. This volume offers a virtually complete survey of existing economic as well as historical research into the development of the seaports of Antwerp and Rotterdam. It contains contributions on three themes: port throughput, port authorities and port users. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTM; KCLT; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790815245
ISBN
9783790815245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Paperback. Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 tables, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254879
ISBN
9780520254879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. Num Pages: 319 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 10 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520084070
ISBN
9780520084070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain shows how in the Stuart century, a century of Revolution, political, religious, social, and economic changes came together. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 112 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854001
ISBN
9780192854001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. .
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First World Publication
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727887115
ISBN
9780727887115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. This is a history of student protests in Shanghai from the turn of the century to 1949, showing how these students experienced and help shape the course of the Chinese Revolution. Num Pages: 444 pages, 19 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731669
ISBN
9780804731669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Editor(s): McPherson, Sarah; Blue, Elfreda V. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 260 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634823562
ISBN
9781634823562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 289.91
€ 216.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Bannet, Eve Tavor; Wheeler, Roxann. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422145
ISBN
9781421422145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.54

Hardcover. Spotlights the visual arts, vision, and blindness during the Enlightenment in France, Britain, and Germany. This volume includes essays that range from exploring the musical and cultural impact of an eighteenth-century virtuoso violinist to analyzing lotteries as romance in eighteenth-century England. Editor(s): Thomas, Professor Downing A.; Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899089
ISBN
9780801899089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.54

Hardback. Focuses on the relationships between texts and readers, images and viewers, performance and audience during the Enlightenment in France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and North America. Exploring the effects of rococo space on religious experience, this title analyzes the transmission of texts across national and temporal boundaries. Editor(s): Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman; Ledbury, Mark. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405629
ISBN
9781421405629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.54

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