Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831110
- ISBN
- 9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.39
€ 85.39
hardcover. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. [Vol VI only]. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelfwear. Light markings on page edges, tight binding, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030154
- ISBN
- 9780198217510
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 85.00
€ 85.00
hardcover. Unique memoir of a British officer in the war in the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 212 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473886841
- ISBN
- 9781473886841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 7.81
€ 21.99
€ 7.81
paperback. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138660625
- ISBN
- 9781138660625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
paperback. Editor(s): Ellis, Markman. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138660618
- ISBN
- 9781138660618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.72
€ 79.72
paperback. Editor(s): Ellis, Markman. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138660601
- ISBN
- 9781138660601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 618 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375754210
- ISBN
- 9780375754210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847922946
- ISBN
- 9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
paperback. Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. In this book, the author traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect this had in moulding the modern Scottish nation. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718193195
- ISBN
- 9780718193195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. This title tells this history. Num Pages: 816 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712668460
- ISBN
- 9780712668460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
paperback. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; DNF; FA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184142
- ISBN
- 9780141184142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.33
€ 19.99
€ 10.33
paperback. The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. This title looks at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015699
- ISBN
- 9780141015699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Field artillery played a massive part in the prosecution of the American Civil War on both sides. This book details the war artillery looking at a range and power of weaponry which provided huge advantages in arsenal to battles throughout the States. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 13 colour and 39 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841762180
- ISBN
- 9781841762180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.50
€ 20.99
€ 17.50
paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages, frontispiece, original illustrations by 'Phiz', 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 672. Clean copy showing light shelf wear. Small section of pages at a slight angle where they have been misbound. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0021693
- ISBN
- 9780199536313
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Editor(s): Riley, E.C. Translator(s): Jarvis, Charles. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 46. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press España, S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021619
- ISBN
- 9780199537891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Beginning with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, this volume draws upon eye-witness German accounts supplemented with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. Series: Soviet Russian Military Experience. Num Pages: 528 pages, figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714642987
- ISBN
- 9780714642987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.72
€ 79.72
paperback. What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book gives the detailed answers to these questions. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141044699
- ISBN
- 9780141044699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
paperback. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp b/w photo inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141035673
- ISBN
- 9780141035673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099532675
- ISBN
- 9780099532675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Hardcover. This text explores Churchill's predilection for direct diplomatic action, from his first tentative involvement in diplomacy in 1908 until his retirement as Prime Minister in 1955. Based on a scrutiny of official documents and private archives, its principal focus is the period 1945 to 1955. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094381
- ISBN
- 9780300094381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.51€ 40.00
€ 50.51
€ 40.00