×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Results 12661 - 12680 of 22141

Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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

€ 213.43

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
€ 24.53

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

€ 90.63

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
€ 29.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Leplat, Fred. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFE; 3JMG; JPFF; JPHF; JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 108 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Resistance Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902869363
ISBN
9780902869363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

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
€ 26.51

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

€ 65.68

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
€ 29.83

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
€ 35.92

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
€ 26.72

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

€ 124.23

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
€ 53.41

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

€ 65.36
€ 59.48

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

€ 108.08
€ 96.27

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
€ 24.74

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

€ 81.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 288 x 16. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958291188
ISBN
9783958291188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.87

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

€ 52.62

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
€ 29.94

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

€ 135.01

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!