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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226994628
ISBN
9780226994628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.49

Hardcover. "The Whole Earth Catalog" grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon. In recovering the history of the Catalog's brand of environmentalism, this book recounts how San Francisco's Stewart Brand and his counterculture cohorts in the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615452
ISBN
9780700615452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.19

Paperback. Blending memoir, history and biography, the author uncovers the story of his family's life by picking through letters, diaries and secret service files, which in turn unleash vivid childhood memories of a lost and idealistic world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478973
ISBN
9780099478973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993218
ISBN
9780295993218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786449439
ISBN
9780786449439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.00

Paperback. On the night of 7 May 2015, Ed Balls thought there was a chance he would wake up the next morning as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Instead, he woke up without a job. Twenty-one years earlier he had left a promising career in journalism to work for Labour in opposition. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGHA; JPFF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755935
ISBN
9781784755935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. The Victorian suburbs, now such a familiar element of the British townscape, were once building sites where armies of workmen converged to cover open land with streets of modest, comfortable houses. This title celebrates the work of the men who, plot by plot, translated surveyors' drawings and piles of materials into streets of dwellings. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810957
ISBN
9780747810957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A history of Technicolor filmmaking and an analysis of how colour works in film. This book draws on research and analysis of well-known movies, including "Becky Sharp", "A Star Is Born", and "Adventures of Robin Hood", to show how the Technicolor films of the 1930s forged enduring conventions for handling colour in popular cinema. Num Pages: 312 pages, 85 b&w illustrations, 32 colour photographs on 8 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AJRD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716285
ISBN
9780292716285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.38

Hardcover. Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects. Num Pages: 96 pages, Colour and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 259 x 14. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887401954
ISBN
9780887401954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.90

Paperback. The authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA, providing a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equality from 1865 to the present day. Series: Introductions to History. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238885
ISBN
9780415238885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 307 x 50. Weight in Grams: 3712.
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958291867
ISBN
9783958291867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.80
€ 185.36

Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754039
ISBN
9780198754039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848719
ISBN
9781848848719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.59

Paperback. 'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Harpercollins Pb
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841152769
ISBN
9781841152769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493088
ISBN
9781908493088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a 30-year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant 18-year- old mechanic, living at home and borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of the WWI. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848091351
ISBN
9781848091351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437724
ISBN
9780801437724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Paperback. Presents the history of Japanese mass culture during the decades preceding Pearl Harbor. This work argues that the new gestures, relationship, and humor of ero-guro-nansensu (erotic grotesque nonsense) expressed a self-consciously modern ethos that challenged state ideology and expansionism. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260085
ISBN
9780520260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.79

paperback. Tie-in edition of Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827871
ISBN
9780753827871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. The autobiography of Jean Paul Getty, American oil executive, multimillionaire and art collector. Getty tells how he amassed his fortune, discusses the prospects of democracy, lists the seven things men should know about women, and recounts conversations at Oxford with the future King of England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 64 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367009
ISBN
9780892367009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783062508
ISBN
9781783062508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Otis, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554652
ISBN
9780199554652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.27

Paperback. Devoted to the whole of Hamilton's political writing, this accessible and teachable analysis makes clear the enormous influence Hamilton had on the development of American political and economic institutions and policies. Series: The Political Philosophy of the American Founders. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405391
ISBN
9781421405391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280687
ISBN
9780520280687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

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