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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. A history connecting Chicago's swampy beginnings in the 1600s, its growth as the world's "hog butcher", and its late-20th-century balance of politics, race and ethnicity. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Robert Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805832
ISBN
9780875805832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. Winner of the DEBUT POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 A searing, energetic portrait of life in modern Tehran - 'deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225128
ISBN
9781780225128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; BG; BTC; HBJD; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239782
ISBN
9780393239782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. A groundbreaking exploration of the causes and consequences of Halifax's tough-on-crime measures in the interwar era. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; JKV; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774822053
ISBN
9780774822053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307454300
ISBN
9780307454300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.58

Paperback. In a single, definitive narrative, CITY OF SEDITION tells the spellbinding story of the huge--and hugely conflicted--role New York City played in the Civil War. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 16-page black-and-white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455584178
ISBN
9781455584178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493088
ISBN
9781908493088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. An analysis of the complex moral interpretations crime was given by Mexico's urban poor and of the evolving institutional responses to crime and punishment in modern Mexico. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 17 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327479
ISBN
9780822327479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. This fabulous collection of images perfectly evokes memories of early 20th century London. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJC; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 247 x 11. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445655086
ISBN
9781445655086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.15

Hardback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231107440
ISBN
9780231107440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.89
€ 83.03

Hardback. Documents from the middle ages through to the mid sixteenth century provide rich evidence for London's vibrant dramatic activities. Editor(s): Lancashire, Anne. Series: Records of Early English Drama. Num Pages: 1795 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; 3JB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 51. Weight in Grams: 4060.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843993
ISBN
9781843843993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.21

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001388
ISBN
9780691001388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.58
€ 68.76

Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724952
ISBN
9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.27
€ 52.61

Hardcover. This volume is a lively and scholarly illustrated account of the tumultuous events in key countries in the Middle East and North Africa during and since the period of the Arab Spring that began in December 2010. Editor(s): Roberts, Adam; McCarthy, Rory; Ash, Timothy Garton. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPB; JPHV; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749028
ISBN
9780198749028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389898
ISBN
9781934389898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Hardback. Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded. Editor(s): Bermeo, Nancy Gina; Nord, Philip G. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847695492
ISBN
9780847695492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.67

Paperback. Provides information about places to visit and things to do to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War and provides descriptions and images for each entry, plus clear directions on where to look or how to get there. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 23.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762772070
ISBN
9780762772070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this account of events. The result was a classic adventure tale. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585441525
ISBN
9781585441525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. The first effort to gather together into one book the wartime experiences of the populations who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America Editor(s): Ural, Susannah. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785706
ISBN
9780814785706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. A military, political, religious, and family history, told against the backdrop of disunion, war, violence, and grief Num Pages: 395 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814773017
ISBN
9780814773017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnston, Roy. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 116 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621304
ISBN
9781900621304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. In observance of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, this book aims to involve kids in Civil War activities. The book covers 50 interactive and fun ways for kids to learn about and honor those who fought in the War. Full color. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 12.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762782055
ISBN
9780762782055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. The first phase of the Civil War was fought west of the Mississippi River at least six years before the attack on Fort Sumter. Starting with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, this title traces the development of the conflict between the pro-slavery elements from Missouri and the New England abolitionists who migrated to Kansas. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803281264
ISBN
9780803281264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Hardback. Few wartime cities in Virginia held more importance than Petersburg. On the eve of the Civil War, the city elected a conservative, pro-Union approach to the sectional crisis. This book provides a study of this city, looking at both Petersburg's civilian experience and the city's place in Confederate military strategy and administration. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925707
ISBN
9780813925707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.74

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