Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.05
€ 42.99
€ 37.05
Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353379
- ISBN
- 9780822353379
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.62
€ 42.99
€ 37.62
hardcover. Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France raises fundamental and disturbing questions about the ease with which democratic legal systems can be subverted. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 725.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783718658923
- ISBN
- 9783718658923
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Condition: New
€ 174.68
€ 174.68
hardcover. Offers a reassessment of the haphazard and regionally diverse process of state formation and market integration in early modern Spain, showing how local and regional agency paradoxically led to legitimate governance but economic backwardness. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 line illus. 16 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; 3JF; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691144849
- ISBN
- 9780691144849
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Condition: New
€ 62.99€ 19.95
€ 62.99
€ 19.95
hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415824187
- ISBN
- 9780415824187
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Condition: New
€ 187.65
€ 187.65
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694716
- ISBN
- 9780816694716
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Condition: New
€ 113.68
€ 113.68
hardcover. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AMN; AMX; HRAX; HRCC9; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694952
- ISBN
- 9780816694952
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Condition: New
€ 150.52
€ 150.52
paperback. Famine moves a Greenlandic family into a new settlement in the 1850's where the joys and tragedies of pre-Christian times are depicted Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 104 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996193832
- ISBN
- 9780996193832
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Condition: New
€ 23.51
€ 23.51
paperback. Dramatizing the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture, this text starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and goes on to examine the experience of ethnic groups that have provided labour for California's agricultural industry. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSC; JHBL; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520224131
- ISBN
- 9780520224131
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.31
€ 30.99
€ 25.31
paperback. But why did Descartes think we should take these exaggerated doubts seriously? And if we do take them seriously, how did he think any of our beliefs could ever escape them? This work undertakes a study of Descartes's first three meditations to answer these questions and to present a fresh way of understanding precisely what Descartes was up to. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691117324
- ISBN
- 9780691117324
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.64
€ 40.99
€ 32.64
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. From Restoration...
Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C.
Paperback. Offers translations of classic texts by such celebrated writers as Nagai Kafu, Shimazaki Toson, Natsume Soseki, Kawabata Yasunari, and Yosano Akiko. This book features selections that reflect the major political, social, and intellectual changes of the period, including exposure to Western ideas and literature, the rise of nationalism, and more. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 888 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 888
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118613
- ISBN
- 9780231118613
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Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 39.84
€ 50.17
€ 39.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393067774
- ISBN
- 9780393067774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.61
€ 54.61
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138253155
- ISBN
- 9781138253155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
hardcover. Lack of cooperation and compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) was one of the biggest obstacles to Serbia's integration into Euro-Atlantic political structures following the overthrow of Milo'evi?. By scrutinising the attitudes of the Serbian authorities towards the ICTY and the prosecution of war crimes. Series Editor(s): Bieber, Professor Florian. Series: Southeast European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JMC; JPA; JPFN; LBBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781409467427
- ISBN
- 9781409467427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.38
€ 187.38
paperback. At the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, thirty-eight thousand children were evacuated from their homes. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to orphanages in Eastern Europe, while their adversaries placed the rest in children's homes elsewhere in Greece. This book presents a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JFFD; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226135991
- ISBN
- 9780226135991
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
paperback. This work argues that a number of devout Christians, including trained theologians, displayed an uncanny preoccupation with the topic of witches having sex with demons during the centuries of the "witch craze". It analyzes the first treatises on witchcraft to discover why. Num Pages: 478 pages, 16 halftones, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HRCM; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226772622
- ISBN
- 9780226772622
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.09
€ 39.99
€ 28.09
paperback. Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. This book presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and an account of medieval life. Series: The New Economic History of Britain Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300101911
- ISBN
- 9780300101911
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.75
€ 19.99
€ 17.75
hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691043074
- ISBN
- 9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.99€ 100.49
€ 119.99
€ 100.49
paperback. This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of 1851. Editor(s): Purbrick, Louise. Series Editor(s): Wallace, Jeff; Whale, John. Series: Texts in Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBT; KJP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719055928
- ISBN
- 9780719055928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.04
€ 24.99
€ 19.04