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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBTV; JFFE; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348535
ISBN
9780822348535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. Using the work of Rene Girard and Jacques Lacan, Mahon develops a new theoretical framework for reading the dynamic interplay of textuality, sexuality, violence, politics, reciprocity and the body in key literary and cinematic texts that engage with the period of political and social unrest in Northern Ireland known as the 'Troubles' (1968-1998). Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576438
ISBN
9780230576438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardcover. Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted 30 years and cost 4000 lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333730850
ISBN
9780333730850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226196787
ISBN
9780226196787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardback. First book to bring together the wide range of violent entertainments that characterised popular culture in nineteenth-century London and seriously assesses their origins, functions and impact. Draws upon the methodologies of social and cultural history to better understand the texture of Victorian society, and the mental world of the lower orders. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086847
ISBN
9780719086847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.42

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135308
ISBN
9781571135308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464. A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris. 352 pages, illustrations. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272729
ISBN
9780520272729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 1100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGC4; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
The Library of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598534672
ISBN
9781598534672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 42.92

Num Pages: 216 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801433337
ISBN
9780801433337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.70

Focuses on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. This title explores various aspects of the civilian experience in Virginia including transportation and communication, wartime literature, politics and the press, higher education, patriotic celebrations, and early efforts at reconstruction in Union-occupied Virginia. Editor(s): Robertson, James I.; Davis, William C. Series: Virginia at War. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125626
ISBN
9780813125626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.17

Hardback. This study explores the centrality of ideas of public and private in Woolf's life and writing. Drawing on manuscript material and letters to Woolf from her reading public, it offers insights into her feminism, her narrative techniques, her attitudes to publication, and her role in public debate. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333760277
ISBN
9780333760277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050555
ISBN
9780842050555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.65

Hardcover. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050548
ISBN
9780842050548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.11

Hardback. 1740: Young Jamie Fraser has left Scotland and, with his best friend Ian Murray, is running with a band of mercenaries in France. Both men have good reason not to go back to their homeland: both are nursing wounds, and despite their best efforts to remedy the situation, both are still virgins. Series: Outlander. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; FJH; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9781780896618
ISBN
9781780896618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.20

paperback. Editor(s): Targowski, Andrew. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; UBW; UTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634853590
ISBN
9781634853590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.27
€ 92.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667550
ISBN
9780816667550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. This study focuses on 18th-century fiction written by women to demonstrate how authors implicitly examined and resisted patrilineal models, including notions of literary tradition and of women's place in the domestic sphere. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726603
ISBN
9780804726603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVC; HBJD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453120
ISBN
9780801453120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Fleiner, Carey; Woodacre, Elena. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 269 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513144
ISBN
9781137513144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.08

paperback. Using queer theory and Marx's theory of value to explore issues of assimilation, representation, and equivalence, this book traces the concepts through selected 19th-century texts and contemporary gay and lesbian studies. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Copyright 2000
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325130
ISBN
9780822325130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall,establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still relevant today. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110533
ISBN
9780230110533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. Visionary Film has been the dominant study of the American avant-garde cinema for twenty-five years. Now P. Adams Sitney has revised the book, adding a new chapter that brings his discussion of the principle genres and the major filmmakers up to the year 2000. Num Pages: 480 pages, 77 halftones & 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148862
ISBN
9780195148862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.70

Hardback. This book explores two important moments of dislocation in Chinese history, the early medieval period (317--589 CE) and the nineteenth century. Tian juxtaposes a rich array of materials from these two periods in comparative study, linking these historical moments in their unprecedented interactions, and intense fascination, with foreign cultures. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3JH; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062528
ISBN
9780674062528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121705
ISBN
9780231121705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

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