Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217027
- ISBN
- 9780520217027
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. David Livingstone was one of the intrepid and daring explorers of the Victorian age. In 1858, he and his brother embarked upon an expedition up the Zambesi river to explore Eastern and Central Africa, and in 1859 they and their party became the first non-Africans to gaze upon the Lake Nyasa. This book is an account of their landmark expedition. Num Pages: 176 pages, 36 mono. BIC Classification: 1HFMQZ; 3JH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 41. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845880651
- ISBN
- 9781845880651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
€ 20.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Charles Nedham was just twenty when he arrived in India in July 1845 as an ensign in HM 10th Foot. For the next four and a half years he lived as a young officer on duty in the sub-continent, finally seeing action in the Second Sikh War at the siege of Multan and the battle of Gujerat. Editor(s): Harrington, Peter. Num Pages: 112 pages, 26 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294383
- ISBN
- 9781910294383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.45
€ 21.99
€ 17.45
Hardcover. This volume contributes to contemporary debates on hegemony, power and identity in contemporary historical and anthropological literature through an examination of the imperial encounter between the British and the Greeks of the Ionian Islands during the 19th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVGS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268028015
- ISBN
- 9780268028015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.08
€ 107.08
Paperback. This volume contributes to contemporary debates on hegemony, power and identity in contemporary historical and anthropological literature through an examination of the imperial encounter between the British and the Greeks of the Ionian Islands during the 19th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVGS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268028022
- ISBN
- 9780268028022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.34
€ 31.99
€ 28.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPN; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1300.
- Publisher
- Bazillion Points United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935950103
- ISBN
- 9781935950103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Hardback. Editor(s): Braguinsky, Serguey; Hounshell, David A.; Miller, John H. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169620
- ISBN
- 9780691169620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.65
€ 60.65
Paperback. Focusing on New York City, this title examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flynt's demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moorman's Avant Garde Festival; founding of the Jazz Composers Guild; and, the emergence of Iggy Pop. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 3 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268517
- ISBN
- 9780520268517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. This volume presents substantially revised and new essays on methodology and approaches in foreign and international relations history. Editor(s): Costigliola, Frank; Hogan, Michael J. Num Pages: 390 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107637856
- ISBN
- 9781107637856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.72
€ 51.72
Paperback. Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21, 11 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; PDX; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 249 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421223
- ISBN
- 9781421421223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.82
€ 38.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468464
- ISBN
- 9780226468464
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. A lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827901
- ISBN
- 9780753827901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Read all about the Victorians who lived in a time of great progress and change. Series: Explore!. Num Pages: 32 pages, 30 - 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 4KHJ; 5AK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 270 x 220 x 3. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750288798
- ISBN
- 9780750288798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Explore the world with this fascinating, high interest series. Series: Explore!. Num Pages: 32 pages, 30 - 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 4KHJ; 5AK; YNH; YNJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 221 x 270 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750288835
- ISBN
- 9780750288835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont. Series: McLellan Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 71 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991184
- ISBN
- 9780295991184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Reveals the extraordinary lives and times of remarkable explorers and scientists Editor(s): Glover, Denise M.; Harrell, Stevan; McKhann, Charles Fremont; Swain, Margaret Byrne. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991177
- ISBN
- 9780295991177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.47
€ 117.47
Paperback. Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and their reputations in the name of this quest. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571249763
- ISBN
- 9780571249763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Exploring Atlantic Transitions: Archaeologies of Transience and Perman...
Peter E Peter E Pope (Ed.)
Hardback. Current approaches to the archaeological understanding of permanence and transience in the early modern period, Editor(s): Pope, Peter E. Series: Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 92, 36 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, 37 black & white line drawin. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3H; 3J; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838593
- ISBN
- 9781843838593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.94
€ 79.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Gibbons, Rachel. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075889
- ISBN
- 9780719075889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
Hardcover. Concentrates on the fascinating life and work of Giles Fletcher, the elder (1546-1611) and his analysis of government and commonwealth, through the image of Russia. His account of Russia remains the most comprehensive early modern western European account of the 'barbaric' land on Christendom's borders. Series: Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB; JPS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097003
- ISBN
- 9780719097003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.89
€ 158.89
Hardback. A study of cross-cultural engagements between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and Spanish explorers during the early modern period. It analyses eight main voyages, their aims and outcomes, looking at the different patterns of contact and the use of gift-giving and bartering as social cement. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBLH; RGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077791
- ISBN
- 9780719077791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.94
€ 158.94
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study that explores both the personal and political significance of climate in the Victorian imagination. It analyses foreboding imagery of miasma, sludge and rot across non-fictional and fictional travel narratives, speeches, private journals and medical advice tracts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692958
- ISBN
- 9780748692958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.92€ 107.58
€ 111.92
€ 107.58
Hardback. Tourism and development are frequently mentioned together, yet the contribution of tourism to development in the Third World is controversial. This book provides an in depth study of Mexico's experience with the international tourism industry since the 1960s. Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, references, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; GTF; KCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780080437156
- ISBN
- 9780080437156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.72
€ 182.72
Paperback. Expressionism in Philosophy is both a pivotal reading of Spinoza's work and also a crucial text within the development of Deleuze's own thought. Translator(s): Joughin, Martin. Num Pages: 445 pages, notes, translator's notes, index, index of textual references. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HPC; HPD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299519
- ISBN
- 9780942299519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44