Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Results 4201 - 4224 of 22123
Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in "Democracy in America", Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. This book traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030794
- ISBN
- 9780674030794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.81€ 67.37
€ 74.81
€ 67.37
Hardback. The American racial order - the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities - is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. This title takes a look at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups of Americans are being affected. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones. 14 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSL1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152998
- ISBN
- 9780691152998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
hardcover. An examination of American foreign policy from the beginning of the Truman Administration to the implementation of Containment in 1947. As a case study of the early Cold War efforts, it explores pre-Containment policy in the light of US security concerns vis-a-vis the Pearl Harbour Syndrome. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSP; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313313011
- ISBN
- 9780313313011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.59
€ 90.59
Paperback. Describes the growth of technical education in Belfast over a 120-year period during which the town developed from a small mercantile community into a large, bustling, industrial city. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports., charts, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. 8vo Very good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0277236
- ISBN
- 9781845889371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Hardback. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17 photographs, 22 line art, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832489
- ISBN
- 9780774832489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.75
€ 44.99
€ 44.75
Paperback. The growth of joint-stock business in Victorian Britain re-evaluated, showing in particular the resistance to it. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933235
- ISBN
- 9780861933235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.75
€ 34.99
€ 33.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14, 4 maps, 6 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441110
- ISBN
- 9780801441110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 4 maps, 6 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478833
- ISBN
- 9780801478833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. This engaging collection of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in English Canada. Editor(s): Prentice, Alison; Boutilier, Beverly. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806404
- ISBN
- 9780774806404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
paperback. This engaging collection of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in English Canada. Editor(s): Boutilier, Beverly; Prentice, Alison. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806411
- ISBN
- 9780774806411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. Analyzes the experiences of Filipino men in Los Angeles's Little Manila, from the 1920s to the end of World War II. This book discusses Filipino boxers' challenge to white America's assumptions about race; the meanings behind zoot suit fashions; and taxi dance halls, where Filipino men crossed racial boundaries by dancing with Anglo women. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b& w halftones, 9 color halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115926
- ISBN
- 9780231115926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.32
€ 134.32
Hardback. Argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the 19th century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; ABC; AM; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774160950
- ISBN
- 9789774160950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867989
- ISBN
- 9780801867989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 51.81
€ 56.45
€ 51.81
Paperback. Series: Early American Histories. Num Pages: 480 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933917
- ISBN
- 9780813933917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.38
€ 50.38
Paperback. Shows how seemingly irrational business decisions, inspired in part by the self-interest of the owners but also by their nostalgia for the game, transformed baseball into the national pastime. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058856
- ISBN
- 9780691058856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardcover. This work locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during the transition from World War II to the Cold War. The author believes that the creation of the CIA was the culmination of years of negotiation among numerous policy makers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610242
- ISBN
- 9780700610242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.73
€ 79.73
Hardcover. This deliberate reinterpretation of the American idea of the national park was innovative and radical, but its consequences were not limited to Switzerland. The Swiss park became the prime example of a "scientific national park," thereby influencing the course of national parks worldwide. Translator(s): Weiss, Giselle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383734
- ISBN
- 9781782383734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardback. Traces the economic and historical forces that gave rise to very distinctive regional approaches to creating wine. This book includes chapters on Europe's cheap commodity wine industry; the markets for sherry, port, claret, and champagne; and, the wine industries in California, Australia, and Argentina. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 55 tables. 13 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF; TDCT2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136035
- ISBN
- 9780691136035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Paperback. Scholars and students of Latin America, political economy, and democratization studies will find Gonzalez's arguments engaging and the framework he built for this study especially useful in their own work. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6, 4 graphs, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405421
- ISBN
- 9781421405421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.50
€ 54.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 209. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Clr Csm
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486799063
- ISBN
- 9780486799063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.20
€ 8.99
€ 8.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
- Publisher
- September Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910463574
- ISBN
- 9781910463574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.93
€ 17.99
€ 16.93
Hardback. Employing political philosophy to argue the need for social and public art projects to be a part of the everyday lives of Americans, Boros creates a new synthesis of philosophical ideas to support the political value of public art. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338791
- ISBN
- 9780230338791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJP; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801449697
- ISBN
- 9780801449697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; AVH; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444111
- ISBN
- 9780801444111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07