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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745598
ISBN
9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. This text addresses a central question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: how did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a civilizing ideology with distinct racist overtones? Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740128
ISBN
9780804740128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718950
ISBN
9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. A memoir of life, experience, and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. The author describes the home life and education of Indian children. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; BG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293342
ISBN
9780803293342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25, 7 black & white halftones, 13 maps, 4 black & white line drawings, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451287
ISBN
9780801451287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Gutenberg in Shanghai demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774810418
ISBN
9780774810418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 440 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351266
ISBN
9780764351266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.70

Paperback. This lively and entertaining book tells the stories of con artists, gamblers, swindlers, and other nefarious characters who stampeded west in the quest to make money off the men and women who stampeded west in search of land and gold. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
TwoDot
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762789658
ISBN
9780762789658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.11

Hardcover. Series: Historical Tours. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
GPP Travel United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762757411
ISBN
9780762757411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Color photos throughout, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 316 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Running Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762458387
ISBN
9780762458387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 59.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761526469
ISBN
9780761526469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. The first title in our Disappearing Britain series, which records the lives of those in areas which have changed massively Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755317127
ISBN
9780755317127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. One of the Remarkable True Stories of WWII series. A tale of a fascinating life of courage, wild escapades and a dark secret Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316120
ISBN
9780755316120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. The fascinating story of how a beautiful nineteenth-century Irishwoman came to be the Eva Peron of her day Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755311156
ISBN
9780755311156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. The gripping true story of bomb disposal work that won Ivison a George Medal - and started a living nightmare.. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS5; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828304
ISBN
9780753828304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. 'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' DEBORAH MOGGACH. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827994
ISBN
9780753827994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Compelling account of the first 35 years of a magnificent and ruthless monarch. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827710
ISBN
9780753827710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. The dramatic story of Elizabeth's first ten years on the throne and the unexplained death that scandalised her court. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
W&N
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827017
ISBN
9780753827017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The controversial memoir of a top British spy which finally reveals what really went on behind the scenes of the Falklands War Num Pages: 400 pages, 16, 34 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBG; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821862
ISBN
9780753821862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
W&N
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753807576
ISBN
9780753807576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

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