Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041902
- ISBN
- 9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804797115
- ISBN
- 9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.49
€ 81.49
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804796453
- ISBN
- 9780804796453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.59
€ 157.59
paperback. This volume examines the present and future of balance of power dynamics in international politics and examines theoretical and historical criticisms of balance of power theory while empirically assessing its validity at both global and regional levels. Italso looks at systemic factors favoring or hindering a return to balance of power politics. Editor(s): Paul, T. V.; Wirtz, James J.; Fortmann, Michel. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750172
- ISBN
- 9780804750172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. Focusing on the city girl in the metropolitan scene, the 'Screen Struck Girl' in the cinematic scene, the beauty contestant in the photographic scene, the 'primitive' woman in the late colonial scene, and the flapper in the heterosexual leisure scene, this title shows how women's roles were intimately tied to the visual culture of the day. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216700
- ISBN
- 9780253216700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
hardcover. Studying the years from 1880 to 1930, this text traces the origins, evolution and implications of the fruit industry in California, the creation of America's first industrial countryside and its repercussions. The text examines the growers' corporations and their political influence. Num Pages: 302 pages, 9 b/w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211728
- ISBN
- 9780520211728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.20
€ 62.33
€ 48.20
Paperback. In June 1862 Fyodor Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan and Vienna. This volume details the impressions of everthing he saw. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115187
- ISBN
- 9780810115187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.15
€ 24.15
hardcover. This volume opens our eyes to a dynamic world of Jewish literature in nineteenth-century Europe. Editor(s): Hess, Jonathan M.; Samuels, Maurice; Valman, Nadia. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775465
- ISBN
- 9780804775465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.82
€ 157.82
Hardcover. An assessment of the life and work of renowned composer, Sergey Prokofiev, in which David Nice draws on a range of sources. He follows Prokofiev's personal and musical progression from his childhood on a Ukrainian country estate to the years he spent travelling in America and Europe. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099140
- ISBN
- 9780300099140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.00
€ 49.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 208 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094503
- ISBN
- 9780300094503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.03
€ 18.99
€ 15.03
Anooshi Lingit Aani Ka, Russians in Tlingit America
. Ed(S): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, ...
paperback. Traces the series of events which culminated in the 1802 and 1804 Battles of Sitka, a turning point in the history of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and, ultimately, in the history of America. Editor(s): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 560 pages, 55 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986012
- ISBN
- 9780295986012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.69€ 52.94
€ 53.69
€ 52.94
paperback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112376
- ISBN
- 9780231112376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.86
€ 46.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. This book tracks the rise and fall of an underworld culture that bred some of America's greatest racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, examining the careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Num Pages: 351 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSR1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096836
- ISBN
- 9780231096836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
paperback. Editor(s): Milner, Stephen J. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638215
- ISBN
- 9780816638215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.12
€ 27.99
€ 26.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20, 3 colour plates, 16 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801452260
- ISBN
- 9780801452260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.54
€ 146.54
paperback. In the years following World War II, federal plans to build a mammoth new dam on the Snake River in Idaho were thwarted by a coalition of irrigators, private-power executives, and state politicians who wanted local control. The unintended result was the preservation of high deserts and mountain rivers from radical change. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 line drawings, 7 maps,. BIC Classification: 3JF; HB; RNA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989129
- ISBN
- 9780295989129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
hardcover. Shows how the Bible, in particular a Chinese translation of the Old Testament, profoundly influenced Hong and his followers, leading them to understand the first three of the Ten Commandments as an indictment of the imperial order. This book may appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780295984308
- ISBN
- 9780295984308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.34
€ 119.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Parisian, Catherine M. Series: Penn State Studies in the History of the Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GL; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271037134
- ISBN
- 9780271037134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.80€ 55.04
€ 65.80
€ 55.04
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
€ 128.13€ 104.18
€ 128.13
€ 104.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 96 colour, 98 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 303 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271029559
- ISBN
- 9780271029559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 44.87
€ 52.86
€ 44.87