Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Examines the relationship between the British government, the Palace, and the modern Commonwealth since 1945 and argues that the monarchy's relationship with the Commonwealth, which was initially promoted by the UK as a means of strengthening imperial ties, increasingly became an impediment to British foreign policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 16-page plate section. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199214235
- ISBN
- 9780199214235
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
Paperback. At a time when Arab revolutionary movements are once again dominating the headlines, Monsoon Revolution offers a fresh reading of the Arab revolutionary tradition, examining one of its foremost case studies: the Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976). Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps and 4 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198783176
- ISBN
- 9780198783176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.41
€ 71.41
Paperback. Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749073
- ISBN
- 9780198749073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Paperback. The experience of exiles was fundamental for shaping Italian national identity. Risorgimento in Exile investigates the contribution to Italian nationalism made by the numerous patriots who were forced to live in exile following failed revolutions in the Italian states. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749066
- ISBN
- 9780198749066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.91
€ 76.91
Paperback. This book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society from the perspective of the background to, and causes of, the 2008 global economic crisis. Each chapter takes a major theme of his book, distils Galbraith's arguments, and then discusses to what extent they cast light on current developments. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198746423
- ISBN
- 9780198746423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardcover. Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, emphasizing the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 black and white halftones and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738244
- ISBN
- 9780198738244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.83
€ 209.83
Hardcover. The Absence of America: the London Stage 1576-1642 looks at London theater at the time of Shakespeare and how it represented the New World, considering whether early modern drama was anti-American, as some contemporaries suggested. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198734321
- ISBN
- 9780198734321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.16
€ 157.16
Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728757
- ISBN
- 9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.94
€ 197.94
Paperback. This annual Report on armed conflicts around the world provides detailed information on each conflict which occurred in 2013. The Report sets out the conflicts' classification, applicable norms, key actors, methods of warfare, and the number of casualties. It also analyses key legal issues that arose in the context of these armed conflicts. Editor(s): Casey-Maslen, Stuart. Num Pages: 644 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JMG; GBCY; JPWS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724681
- ISBN
- 9780198724681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.87
€ 89.87
Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716853
- ISBN
- 9780198716853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.35
€ 151.35
Hardcover. A study of the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens, particularly of its youth, in the period 1940 to 1942. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white halftones and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707158
- ISBN
- 9780198707158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.60
€ 203.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198099109
- ISBN
- 9780198099109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
This book provides a fresh perspective on the Indian Economy in moving away from the standard focus on underdevelopment and reforms to dynamic change and constraints that emerge in the process. Acknowledged experts on the Indian economy analyse unique features of India's path and explore interesting paradoxes. Editor(s): Goyal, Ashima. Num Pages: 960 pages, Line drawings: 242; halftones: 7. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 169 x 78. Weight in Grams: 1268.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198097532
- ISBN
- 9780198097532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.51
€ 185.51
Hardcover. This book highlights how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse. It shows how; around the turn of twentieth century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198075042
- ISBN
- 9780198075042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. This edition, including a new preface by the author, explores the ways in which colonialism damaged the colonizing societies themselves, and how the likes of Gandhi resisted their rulers in British India by building on the lifestyle, values, and psychology of ordinary Indians and by heeding dissenting voices from the West. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198062172
- ISBN
- 9780198062172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.15
€ 33.15
At a time of acute interest in Scottish independence, the book charts the Treasury's response to Scottish claims from the late 19th century until the 1979 referendum. Key issues include Highland depopulation, fisheries, universities, support for farming, new towns, regional policy, North Sea Oil, budgetary responsibility and the Barnett formula. Editor(s): Levitt, Ian. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265796
- ISBN
- 9780197265796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Transcriptions of the summary returns illuminate the life of the Archdeaconries of Huntingdon, Bedford, Leicester and Buckingham in the early eighteenth century, providing detailed information about the villages: their population, religious affiliations, schooling, charities, and church attendance. Editor(s): Broad, John. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265192
- ISBN
- 9780197265192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 213.51
€ 213.51
Transcriptions of the summary returns illuminate the life of the Archdeaconries of Stow and Lincoln in the early eighteenth century, providing detailed information about the villages: their population, religious affiliations, schooling, charities, and church attendance. Editor(s): Broad, John. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 243 x 37. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265185
- ISBN
- 9780197265185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.22
€ 195.22
This book tells, for the first time, the story of bronze in Renaissance Venice. Previously unpublished documents provide an invaluable resource for the study of bronze objects and the people who commissioned and made them. The numerous illustrations include recently-restored works of art, and unpublished historical photographs. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 700 pages, 424 including 161 in colour, in a 176 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; AFKB; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 284 x 219 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264966
- ISBN
- 9780197264966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.09
€ 162.09
In architecture, music and literature, in paintings, films and television series, in print and on the internet, the Tudors are a hugely popular commodity. This volume is the first to study this phenomenon in depth, assembling foremost scholars in multiple fields to examine why the Tudors still make such an impact. Editor(s): String, Tatiana C.; Bull, Marcus. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 350 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264942
- ISBN
- 9780197264942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 164.44
€ 164.44