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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Looking at the American Declaration of Independence, this book reveals the document through the eyes of the rest of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030329
ISBN
9780674030329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725843
ISBN
9780674725843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.82

paperback. No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. This title tells this history. Num Pages: 816 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780712668460
ISBN
9780712668460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804723626
ISBN
9780804723626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. Seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. This book documents the films and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those dubbed innovative, and looks closely at the works of filmmakers such as Erich von Stroheim, Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch, and Monta Bell. Num Pages: 374 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254572
ISBN
9780520254572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Contrary to a neoliberal social model that privileges adversarial criminal justice and a rationalistic approach to warmaking, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni elevates transformative political justice and a pluriversal vision of society as key features of Nelson Mandela's legacy. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW; HBLX; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331183
ISBN
9781785331183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199959884
ISBN
9780199959884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.38

Hardback. Front-line despatches on the global crisis - China to Cyprus, Madrid to Moscow, Iraq to Iceland - from Channel Four's prize-winning Economics Editor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCBM; KCLF; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650. Fine in fine dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0011300
ISBN
9781781854105
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. This book illustrates the battles by the western Allies to liberate western Europe during the Second World War and follows the fighting, month by month, beginning with D-Day in Normandy until signatures on a document in Berlin eleven months later denoted the final defeat of Nazi Germany. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Num Pages: 544 pages, Over 1500 colour, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 223 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2526.
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870067843
ISBN
9781870067843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 42 black and white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Monsoon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814423885
ISBN
9789814423885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Helps draw the road map for counterinsurgency in the postmodern world. This book is suitable for cadets and junior military leaders - as well as general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 178 pages, 8 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080932
ISBN
9780226080932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.36

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590706
ISBN
9781781590706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.63

Hardback. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first champion of populist causes and champion of women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party The People's Will. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 362 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012845
ISBN
9780253012845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

bundle. Features the seven core volumes-those written by Lewis and Clark-and incorporates a wide range of new scholarship dealing with all aspects of the expedition, including geography, Indian languages, plants, and animals, in order to recreate the expedition within its historical context. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 3404 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 218 x 170. Weight in Grams: 4917.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
3404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280168
ISBN
9780803280168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.30

Paperback. Details how the two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gaining information from travellers about the trip upriver. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280090
ISBN
9780803280090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Consists of journals, primarily by Clark, which cover the expedition's route up the Missouri River to Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota and its frigid winter encampment there. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280106
ISBN
9780803280106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Documents their travels from the Three Forks of the Missouri River in present-day Montana and their progress over the rugged Bitterroot Mountains, along the nearly impenetrable Lolo Trail, and to the Cascades of the Columbia River on today's Washington-Oregon border. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 415 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280120
ISBN
9780803280120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Covers the last leg of the party's route from the Cascades of the Columbia River to the Pacific Coast and their stay at Fort Clatsop. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 531 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
531
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280137
ISBN
9780803280137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

paperback. Details how the Corps of Discovery turned homeward in March 1806 from Fort Clatsop on the mouth of the Columbia River. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 383 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280144
ISBN
9780803280144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Recounts the expedition's experiences as they continued their journey homeward from present-day Idaho and the party divided for separate exploration. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280151
ISBN
9780803280151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this book offers an explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world. It tells a radical, new story of the struggle for global mastery from the battles of the Western Front in 1916 to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032184
ISBN
9780141032184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Hardback. How does France reconcile the modern movement toward pluralism and decentralization with a strong central governing power? This work offers a radical interpretation of the development of democracy in France and the relationship between government and its citizens. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024960
ISBN
9780674024960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.81

Paperback. Explores various topics in American politics starting from the nation's founding. This book covers topics ranging from the role of personal character of political elites in the Early Republic, to the importance of courts in building a modern regulatory state, to the centrality of local political institutions in the late twentieth century. Editor(s): Jacobs, Meg; Novak, William J.; Zelizer, Julian E. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113777
ISBN
9780691113777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.93

Paperback. The Democratic moment is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258. South Africa's Prospects Under Jacob Zuma. 216 pages. The Democratic moment is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; JP. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight: 258.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097742
ISBN
9781770097742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

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