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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. The true story of Napoleon Bonaparte's friendship with Betsy Balcombe and her family, the only English people he ever lived with, during his exile on St Helena. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b+w photos and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781760113452
ISBN
9781760113452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 8.34

Hardcover. This much-needed study of the British Empire Exhibition reveals durable, persistent connections between empire and domestic society in Britain during the interwar years. It demonstrates that the Exhibition was a marker of how by 1924, imperial relations were increasingly likely to be shaped by forces located on the colonial periphery. Num Pages: 205 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137325112
ISBN
9781137325112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. The Empire Reformed describes how, in the era of the Glorious Revolution, imperial leaders and colonial subjects created new political bonds based on their common desire to save English America from the designs of French "papists" and their "savage" Indian allies. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222838
ISBN
9780812222838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 34 line illus. 18 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155821
ISBN
9780691155821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pages of color images. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; ACQ; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605989723
ISBN
9781605989723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.49

Paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBC; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415710886
ISBN
9780415710886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2447 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GBA; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 281 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
4th Revised 4th ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764345609
ISBN
9780764345609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.01

paperback. The 34 brief essays in this collection address a variety of topics, from film censorship and preservation to the changing structure and status of independent cinemas, and the continued importance of celebrity and stardom. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon. Num Pages: 385 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814751619
ISBN
9780814751619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Former BBC correspondent's graphic personal account of National Service with the Suffolk Regiment in the 1950s based on the letters he wrote home to his family at the time. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 B&W Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3JJPG; BGHA; BM; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473848184
ISBN
9781473848184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. A provocative take on Jewish history, explaining the metamorphoses of mainstream Jewish culture and politics Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336664
ISBN
9780745336664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. From respected thinker and economic iconoclast James K. Galbraith, a smart, scathing explanation for the economic crisis, and a vision for the future Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCX; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451644937
ISBN
9781451644937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.98

Hardcover. Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires - a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the rural poor - and Patrick McGlynn - an avaricious schoolmaster who turned informer on them, availing of hunger, disease, debt, hardship, and death to expand his holding at the expense of his neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198738619
ISBN
9780198738619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Hardcover. The End of Russian Philosophy describes and evaluates the troubled state of Russian philosophical thought in the post-Soviet decades. The book suggests that in order to revive philosophy as a universal, professional discipline in Russia, it may be necessary for Russian philosophy to first do away with the messianic traditions of the 19th century. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137409898
ISBN
9781137409898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this region, but of the entire nation. The shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as a white backlash to the civil rights revolution. This book challenges that idea. Num Pages: 240 pages, 39 line illustrations, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032491
ISBN
9780674032491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. Within twenty years of victory in the Second World War Britain had ceased to be a world power and her global empire has dissolved into fragments. With what now seems astonishing rapidity, and empire three centuries old, which had reached its greatest extent as late as 1921, was transformed into more than fifty sovereign states. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 128 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBG; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164289
ISBN
9780631164289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardcover. Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230209862
ISBN
9780230209862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the narratives-both the German and American varieties-that have dominated the historical memory of German reunification. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137488701
ISBN
9781137488701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.07

Hardback. Translator(s): Litchfield, R. Burr. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634647
ISBN
9780691634647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.61

Hardback. Translator(s): Litchfield, R. Burr. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635958
ISBN
9780691635958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 317.58

Paperback. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of modern times. From its ruin rose new countries including Syria and Turkey. This volume considers the reasons for the end of the Ottoman Empire, explains the course of it, and examines the aftermath. Series: Turning Points. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582287631
ISBN
9780582287631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

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