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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The book that provides the fullest picture yet of what life inside Burma is really like. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; JFFC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081896
ISBN
9781847081896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. Focusing on the transformation of the 1950's at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, this book traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, and pursuits that this transformation enabled. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones. 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121178
ISBN
9780691121178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. A compendium of facts, myths, and surprising secrets of the most infamous British royal family Num Pages: 336 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445650531
ISBN
9781445650531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Integrated b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751567021
ISBN
9780751567021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial, David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. In this title, the chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial gives his account of the case. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPK; BM; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780575391
ISBN
9781780575391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Gill, Rebecca; Taithe, Bertrand. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241275
ISBN
9780230241275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PSAJ; PSTL; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390086
ISBN
9780226390086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.94
€ 79.61

Hardback. Evolution of Central Banking? Num Pages: 185 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JH; KCBM; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319106168
ISBN
9783319106168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. Kornai presents an assessment of Hungary's transition from a socialist to a market economy. In a comprehensive critique of socialist economy reform, Kornai explains how the system's ideological and political attributes deny the idea of "market socialism." Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJP; KCP; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334556
ISBN
9780880334556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.27

Hardcover. This volume is a major contribution to Hungarian economic history since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this first volume of three on the evolution of that economy, the authors focus on the beginnings of the modern capitalist economy (1848-1914), on economic nationalism (1918-1944) and on the socialist attempt at modernization (1945-1989). Editor(s): Berend, Ivan T.; Csato, Tamas. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334822
ISBN
9780880334822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.70
€ 62.72

Hardback. Using Hamlet and a number of other popular and influential seventeenth-century tragedies as case-studies, this book shows how aesthetic experience can help organize the biological functions of our brains into adaptive social networks. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230111684
ISBN
9780230111684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Paperback. Presents an overview of how the politics and policy decisions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed since the 1979 revolution and how they are likely to evolve in the near future. This title is suitable for undergraduates and the general public seeking to understand a country and regime that has mystified many outsiders for decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589019782
ISBN
9781589019782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476754
ISBN
9780801476754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Microsoft Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509302079
ISBN
9781509302079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 33.79

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b&w illustrations and 70 tables and graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170673
ISBN
9780231170673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b&w illustrations and 70 tables and graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170666
ISBN
9780231170666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.68
€ 90.75

Hardback. Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090283
ISBN
9780691090283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.04
€ 106.53

Hardback. George Berkeley's views on money and banking broke the conceptual link between money and metallic substance in "The Querist", a work published between 1735 and 1737 in Dublin, consisting entirely of questions. This work explains what economic and social forces caused him to write "The Querist" in response to a major economic crisis in Ireland. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HPS; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362975
ISBN
9780792362975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.03

Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238655
ISBN
9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. James Berry was an ex-policeman who was Britain's hangman from 1884-92, throughout the period of the Whitechapel murders. Stewart Evans here takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of Victorian crime and punishment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934084
ISBN
9780750934084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

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