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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. 'Never since the Black Death has such a plague swept over the face of the world,' commented the Times, '[and] never, perhaps, has a plague been more stoically accepted.' When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended, in April 1919, 228,000 people in Britian alone were dead. This book tells the story of the Great Influenza pandemic. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217744
- ISBN
- 9780230217744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.87
€ 138.87
Paperback. Why does Catholicism in the early modern era go by so many names? Taking up such questions, John O'Malley works out a guide to the intellectual and historical developments behind the concepts of Catholic reform, the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Catholicism. Num Pages: 240 pages, color frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008137
- ISBN
- 9780674008137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. This volume provides a thematic overview of the Northern Ireland conflict and its proposed solutions, from the beginnings of the "Troubles" up to the present day. This updated and expanded edition includes coverage of recent developments. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200840
- ISBN
- 9780631200840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. This work is a wide ranging thematic study of modern European cultural history, including popular culture, with an emphasis on the second half of the 20th century. It also synthesizes new directions and interpretive debates. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312228736
- ISBN
- 9780312228736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.55
€ 83.55
Paperback. Maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez's own writings, this book argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez's charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL4; JPVH1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283695
- ISBN
- 9780520283695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Adams, with Franklin and Jefferson, formed a joint commission to conclude commercial treaties with the nations of Europe and North Africa. As minister to the Netherlands he raised a new Dutch loan to save America from financial ruin. For the first time since 1778, Adams was no longer engaged in "militia diplomacy." Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 256 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065574
- ISBN
- 9780674065574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.07€ 97.32
€ 108.07
€ 97.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1QDT; 3JD; ACBP; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857218434
- ISBN
- 9788857218434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 60.10
€ 65.35
€ 60.10
Hardback. Interprets the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. This book presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 439 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 439
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206632
- ISBN
- 9780520206632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.97
€ 68.92
€ 53.97
Hardback. Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political left in Britain during the years before the Great War were able to accommodate, and even assimilate, militaristic ideas, sentiments, and policies to a remarkable degree. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274120
- ISBN
- 9781137274120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war, a phenomenon prevalent in western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea. Editor(s): Scheipers, Sibylle. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362520
- ISBN
- 9781137362520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Hardback. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211689
- ISBN
- 9780300211689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 288 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230832
- ISBN
- 9788857230832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.28
€ 43.99
€ 36.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226215150
- ISBN
- 9780226215150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. A study of Irish advertising's cultural, literary and ideological resonance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298736
- ISBN
- 9780230298736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Paperback. Assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) - commonly called the Tokyo trial - established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World War II. This title explores some of the central misunderstandings and historiographical distortions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033399
- ISBN
- 9780674033399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.65
€ 30.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Reilly, Andrea. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149679
- ISBN
- 9780231149679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Despite supernatural scepticism, stories about spirits were regularly printed and shared throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. This case-study in the transmission of a single story (of a young gunsmith near Bristol conjuring spirits, leading to his early death) reveals both how and why successive generations found meaning in such accounts. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378934
- ISBN
- 9781137378934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.90
€ 93.90
Paperback. Michel Foucault observed that 'the birth of philology attracted far less notice in the Western mind than did the birth of biology or political economy.' This book shows that philology left an indelible mark on Western visions of history and contributed directly to some of the most horrifying ideologies of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; CF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030626
- ISBN
- 9780674030626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardback. The Medical War describes the role of medicine in the British Army during the First World War. It argues that medicine played a vital part in the war, helping to sustain the morale of troops and their families, and reducing the wastage of manpower. Num Pages: 364 pages, 18 black and white halftones and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199575824
- ISBN
- 9780199575824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.31
€ 223.31
Hardcover. This work is a reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. It details the confusion and failed attempts at negotiation that eventually culminated in the reluctant gamble. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984512
- ISBN
- 9780333984512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. Health and Humanity is a comprehensive account of the ways that JHSPH has influenced the practice, pedagogy, and especially our very understanding of public health on both global and local scales. Num Pages: 544 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JNB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421087
- ISBN
- 9781421421087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJP; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 1. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468709
- ISBN
- 9780752468709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. Inigo Jones (1573-1652) is widely acknowledged to have been England's most important architect. As court designer to the Stuart kings James I and Charles I, he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the country. This book helps us to understand the work of Inigo Jones in its national religious and political context. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 colour images + 130 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 286 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1864.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141498
- ISBN
- 9780300141498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. 'How much does it cost?' We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. This book shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. It offers an interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and policymaking. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130415
- ISBN
- 9780691130415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59