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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140183504
ISBN
9780140183504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader, shows his spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities. "The New York Times" called the Emir "one of the few great men of the century," while Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians while in exile in Damascus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; BGX; HBJH; HBLL; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
World Wisdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936597178
ISBN
9781936597178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621664
ISBN
9781909621664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory (Kansas State University). Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DCF; DSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112855
ISBN
9781551112855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.94

Paperback. In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415325936
ISBN
9780415325936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Bailey, Merridee L. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, 14 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBTB; HRAX; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 575.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319441849
ISBN
9783319441849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995175
ISBN
9780295995175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123402
ISBN
9780231123402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Hardback. In this volume of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperialism, to moments of decolonization and the ending of formal imperialism in the post-Second World War. Editor(s): Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 765.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574223
ISBN
9781844574223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 106.41

Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281264
ISBN
9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Using oral histories and archival records from Barbados, Britain and the United States, and engaging with the role of gender in defining and building nationhood and citizenship, Mary Chamberlain challenges previous histories of Caribbean decolonisation which focus on one perspective alone. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078767
ISBN
9780719078767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Bookmarks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909026629
ISBN
9781909026629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 9 halftones. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175652
ISBN
9780691175652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.85

Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265888
ISBN
9780197265888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Hardback. Astronomy was a popular part of Victorian science, and British atronomers travelled to remote areas to watch the sun eclipsed by the moon. This book shows how the organization of science, advances in photography, and new printing technology remade the character of scientific observation. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739252
ISBN
9780804739252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.09

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.58
€ 55.91

Hardback. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APFA; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416410
ISBN
9781421416410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156071
ISBN
9780691156071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Multiple copy pack. A two-volume set exploring the history of Empire in Asia from the 13th to the long 19th centuries. Editor(s): Farrell, Brian P. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472596666
ISBN
9781472596666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 321.70

Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349020
ISBN
9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business - if all the cotton bales produced in 2013 had been stacked on top of each other they would have made a somewhat unstable tower 40,000 miles high. This is a history of the cotton in dictating the shape of our world. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTK; HBTQ; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979984
ISBN
9780141979984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Interprets the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. This book presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 439 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
439
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206632
ISBN
9780520206632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 53.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 colour, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034430
ISBN
9780271034430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.55
€ 107.28

Paperback. A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199832460
ISBN
9780199832460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

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