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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. This book focuses on Eastern Japan, where population growth resumed in the nineteenth century. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 439 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 17 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272439
ISBN
9780520272439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.18
€ 64.66

Hardcover. Presents the story of the early exploration of the Sahara Desert and the first motorised crossing of the Sahara from North Aftice to Timbuktu by Citroen autochenilles in the early years of the 20th century. This book includes period photographs and recounts the dangers and difficulties of exploration in those times. Translator(s): MacGill, Ingrid. Num Pages: 194 pages, 200 black and white period photographs, 20 colour images, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBX; 3JJC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 250 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1532.
Publisher
Dalton Watson Fine Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854432223
ISBN
9781854432223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682476
ISBN
9781846682476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Nicola J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555710
ISBN
9780199555710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783463015
ISBN
9781783463015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BGH; HBLX; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062290793
ISBN
9780062290793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765638427
ISBN
9780765638427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Written by a mamber of the French resistance who became an important literary figure in postwar France, this memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of women survivors has become a key text for Holocaust studies classes. Translator(s): Lamont, Rosette C. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190779
ISBN
9780300190779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Rembrandt. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 300 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714827438
ISBN
9780714827438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 519.
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771012938
ISBN
9780771012938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGXA; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035297
ISBN
9780268035297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440525
ISBN
9781137440525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.91
€ 32.69

Hardback. This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398. The Civil Rights Struggle, African American Gis, and Germany. 282 pages, illustrations. This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight: 398.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
282
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230104730
ISBN
9780230104730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.46

Paperback. Covering the years between 1944 and 2009, this title includes such events as: 18 March 1965 - a cosmonaut, and not an astronaut, becomes the first person to conduct a 'space walk'; 14 May 1948 - the first Jewish state in 2,000 years comes into being; and, 21 September 1995 - the 'Hindu Milk Miracle' causes mass hysteria in India. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 188 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781848310698
ISBN
9781848310698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Bartholomaus Schachman was born on 11th September 1559 in Danzig (nowadays called Gda'nsk), then the autonomys trade city and member of "The Hanseatic League", within the Kingdom of Poland. This title presents his adventures to became one of the greatest travelogues of the sixteenth century. Editor(s): Nefedova, Olga. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 289 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2130.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857214641
ISBN
9788857214641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.87
€ 68.75

Paperback. An introductory textbook charting a global history of modern Britain from 1750 to the present. Series: Cambridge History of Britain. Num Pages: 450 pages, 84 b/w illus. 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107686007
ISBN
9781107686007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Hardback. Examines momentous changes in notions of citizenship, sovereignty, nation, state, and empire in a time of acute uncertainty about the future of a world that had earlier been divided into colonial empires. This book shows how both France and its former colonies backed into more "national" conceptions of the state than either had sought. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161310
ISBN
9780691161310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21
€ 50.63

Paperback. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. Num Pages: 400 pages, approx 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UNKNOWN
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091918514
ISBN
9780091918514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704635
ISBN
9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Rogan House United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952954071
ISBN
9780952954071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.71

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