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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. The Third Duke of Portland served twice as Prime Minster and had a long and distinguished political career from 1760s to the 1780s. This study details how he was transformed from a pillar of the grand Whiggery into the figurehead for would be Tories. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333963852
ISBN
9780333963852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Hardback. Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in 18th-century Britain. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time. This study tells the story of the collection's formation and dispersal. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 colour images + 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192230
ISBN
9780300192230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. This book chronicles the complex connections between race and class that have marked American social reform since the New Deal, revealing an aspect of the civil rights struggle that that has been too long overlooked or obscured: the struggle for policies to expand social and economic welfare for blacks and whites alike. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 335 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; JKSB; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103640
ISBN
9780231103640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.47

Hardback. An inspiring and heartfelt memoir about the friendship between eight women forged over two decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455554744
ISBN
9781455554744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. Primo Levi's devastating and classic account of what it meant to have survived the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349138640
ISBN
9780349138640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Paperback. Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 164. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; AC; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262621427
ISBN
9780262621427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

hardcover. 288 pages, 16 pages of photos. A thorough exploration of the desperate fight for Moscow in 1941 including numerous archival records, personal diaries and letters. The battle, not fought in isolation, had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault may well have been true turning point of the war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Ipm
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001203
ISBN
9781612001203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 42.68

Paperback. A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus Affair Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History. 416 pages. A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus Affair. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWJ. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830574
ISBN
9781408830574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.70

Hardback. Finally, he examines the relation of the Dreyfus Affair to the "culture of forcethat marked French society during the prewar years, thus accounting for the rise of the youthful athlete as a more compelling manly ideal than the bookish and sedentary intellectual. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874338
ISBN
9780801874338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.38

Paperback. The remarkable story of an unlikley entrepreneur who, against all odds, saved her family and inspired her community in Afghanistan Num Pages: 288 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848545564
ISBN
9781848545564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardback. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 bw integrated, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763583
ISBN
9781780763583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

paperback. Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion. Num Pages: 768 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145885
ISBN
9780195145885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

hardcover. The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JMG; BJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
William Collins London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000131
ISBN
9780008139766
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an authoritative and amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3JM; JPH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007224456
ISBN
9780007224456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642717
ISBN
9780816642717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Hardback. This study explores how magazines became the first mass medium in the USA and how they expressed a new American culture built on dreams of a better future. The author argues that the birth of the popular magazine at the turn of the 20th century laid the foundations of the modern consumer culture. Num Pages: 357 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082907
ISBN
9780231082907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849785
ISBN
9781565849785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.10

Hardback. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25, 17 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JD; HBJD1; RGBF; TBX; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422008
ISBN
9781421422008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 51.62

Hardback. An illuminating look at today's Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again .. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003887
ISBN
9781612003887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.51

Hardback. This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118149
ISBN
9780231118149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.96

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