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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Did William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? This title explores the history of invented encounters between the poet and the Queen, and examines how and why the mythology of these two charismatic and enduring cultural icons has been intertwined in British and American culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128061
ISBN
9780691128061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Hardback. In 1973, not long after the last American combat troops returned from Vietnam, President Nixon fulfilled his campaign promise and ended the draft. Based on archival research, this title confronts the political, moral, and social issues a volunteer force raises for a democratic society as well as for the defense of our nation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JPQB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035362
ISBN
9780674035362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.49

Paperback. Presents the story of the war as it unfolded in one small town, New Castle, Indiana through the eyes of the residents of Plum Street as families search for information about the progress of war and the fate of loved ones in the censored accounts in local newspapers. This book captures the war on the home front as lived by some average Americans. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221063
ISBN
9780253221063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. The story of southern writing runs along an iron path; an official narrative of a literature about community, place and past, miscegenation, white patriarchy and the epic of race. This text provides an entirely different set of categories through which to understand southern literature and culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226944913
ISBN
9780226944913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes towards world geography from the end of 19th century exploration to the dawn of the Cold War. The work discusses the study of geography and its place in culture and politics Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 halftones, 7 line drawings, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTP; RGR; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226740560
ISBN
9780226740560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Examining a variety of works, from revenge plays to Shakespeare's first history tetralogy and beyond, the author explores how this title not only exposed the faultlines of society on stage but also provoked playgoers in the audience to acknowledge all the differences they shared with one another. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226547633
ISBN
9780226547633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. This title uses one individual's career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era. Num Pages: 441 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226207926
ISBN
9780226207926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Helps draw the road map for counterinsurgency in the postmodern world. This book is suitable for cadets and junior military leaders - as well as general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 178 pages, 8 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080932
ISBN
9780226080932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.50

Hardcover. This is the biography of 'Big Jim' Larkin. Through the research of Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O'Connor explores the hidden side of a very private person who kept his ambition behind a veil of silence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 labour history images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781906359935
ISBN
9781906359935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.59

Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199540532
ISBN
9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Interpretations of Hollywood films of the 1950s and 1960s demonstrate how Cold War homophobia focused on the femme as the lesbian who posed the greatest threat to the nation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349471
ISBN
9780822349471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326175
ISBN
9780822326175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. The Discourse of Legitimacy is a wide-ranging, synoptic study of England's conflicted political cultures in the period between the Protestant Reformation and the civil war. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755047
ISBN
9780804755047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. This is a penetrating analysis of the media techniques psychological underpinnings of the right-wing American, Martin Luther Thomas and what is now called the Radical Right. The book looks at its use of the media to propagate its political and religious agenda. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFD; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740036
ISBN
9780804740036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Drawing from an exhaustive collection of original Jewish accounts and sources not available until the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in the late 1980s, Jean Ancel provides a detailed analysis of the path of antisemitism that led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust in Romania. Translator(s): Murciano, Yaffah. Series: Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1 map, 28 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803290617
ISBN
9780803290617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.94

Paperback. Abridged edition of a diary written by Anna Rosina Gambold, a Moravian missionary to the Cherokee Editor(s): McClinton, Rowena. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220959
ISBN
9780803220959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604220
ISBN
9780691604220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. When the Civil War erupted, more than 1,000 Irish Americans formed the North Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, the first of the state's ethnic regiments. This book is a history of the regiment, told by Daniel Macnamara, who served as its commissary sergeant and rose to become regimental quartermaster. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 557 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5193 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
557
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823220564
ISBN
9780823220564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. A refreshingly original look at the Politics of Race in Britain over the last 50 years, offering a valuable historical perspective on black political organisation. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 223.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745314600
ISBN
9780745314600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605036
ISBN
9780691605036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 68.86

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