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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A succinct and highly readable overview of one of the most critical periods in IsraelOs short history. Covers from the founding of the State in 1948 to the Six-Day war of 1967: a time within which Israel fought three separate wars and saw its population double due to mass immigration. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644677
- ISBN
- 9780745644677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.04
€ 33.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. An account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to 2000. This book analyzes the making of the modern state, a time which saw three periods of major social change: the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society; the opening of Japanese ports; and defeat in World War II. Num Pages: 936 pages, 53 halftones, 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 936
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009912
- ISBN
- 9780674009912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardback. In 1833 the word 'scientist' was coined; forty years later science (increasingly specialised) was a becoming a profession. Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this period, this book is suitable for students of the history of science and for those interested in the foundations of the world as we know it today. Series: Polity History of Science Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636757
- ISBN
- 9780745636757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
The Making of Modern Tourism. The Cultural History of the British Expe...
. Ed(S): Berghoff, Hartmut; Harvie, Christoph...
Hardback. Images which dominate advertisements for tourist products had to be constructed and sustained, invented and remoulded over a long period. This book concerns the idea that without this distinctive historical and cultural "baggage", the social practice of taking holidays may not have evolved. Editor(s): Berghoff, Hartmut; Harvie, Christopher; Korte, Barbara; Schneider, Ralf. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971147
- ISBN
- 9780333971147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893587
- ISBN
- 9780226893587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175500
- ISBN
- 9780231175500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 47.09
€ 59.41
€ 47.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 442 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBAH; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024282
- ISBN
- 9780253024282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBAH; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024237
- ISBN
- 9780253024237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Describes the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in different ways. This book integrates archival material with the findings of scholarship to present the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764924
- ISBN
- 9781780764924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Hardback. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 281 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFSC; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393388
- ISBN
- 9781137393388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of behavioral scientists in government and how their potentially dangerous, "American" assumptions about human behavior would shape US views of domestic disturbances and insurgencies in Third World countries. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JMAL; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114552
- ISBN
- 9780691114552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises and practical manuals that inspired the gardeners of the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the Restoration, this book charts how England's garden grew. Num Pages: 336 pages, 80 black-&-white illustrations +24 pages of colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197266
- ISBN
- 9780300197266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.08
€ 23.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141976952
- ISBN
- 9780141976952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. A century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the devastating global conflict that followed still echo. In this book, the author turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300206647
- ISBN
- 9780300206647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.15
€ 19.00
€ 17.15
Hardback. This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; CFM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199283620
- ISBN
- 9780199283620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Paperback. Tells the story of the epic clash between Senator John F Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M Nixon. This book imbues America's presidential election process. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061900600
- ISBN
- 9780061900600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JPA; JPHC; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510726925
- ISBN
- 9781510726925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.26
€ 32.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195383140
- ISBN
- 9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.43
€ 54.43
Paperback. From late 2010 onwards, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely birthplace and exemplar of the process of democratisation in the Arab world. This is a full history of the Tunisian revolution, from its roots decades ago to the process of becoming a democracy. Editor(s): Gana, Nouri. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691043
- ISBN
- 9780748691043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297088
- ISBN
- 9780226297088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. In a broad sweep from Central Europe to Ireland and from the Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth-century, this work puts the Jewish community and its rabbinic and 'lay' leaders at the centre of Jewish history. Of surpassing value is Kochan's treatment of the community not only as a religious but also as a political unit. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507012
- ISBN
- 9780230507012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardback. In a broad sweep from Central Europe to Ireland and from the Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth-century, this work puts the Jewish community and its rabbinic and 'lay' leaders at the centre of Jewish history. Of surpassing value is Kochan's treatment of the community not only as a religious but also as a political unit. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333625972
- ISBN
- 9780333625972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.13
€ 68.13
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAX; HRC; JFSC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081897
- ISBN
- 9780252081897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In 1914 the Middle East was still dominated, as it had been for some four centuries, by the Ottoman Empire; by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition as the result of the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and of Zionism. Editor(s): Fraser, T. G. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942998
- ISBN
- 9781909942998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28