Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Exploring motion pictures, burlesque, and Broadway theater-three forms of entertainment that were regularly condemned by anti-obscenity activists in the early 1900s-Friedman shows how the struggle to define and regulate obscenity played out in New York before it was codified nationally by the U.S. Supreme Court. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFMP; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110662
- ISBN
- 9780231110662
Condition: New
€ 130.32
€ 130.32
Hardback. With interesting facts, statistics, and comparisons presented in almanac style as well as the expertise of prominent scholars, The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s is the most complete guide to an enduringly fascinating era. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 448 pages, charts, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113724
- ISBN
- 9780231113724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.10
€ 148.10
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118422
- ISBN
- 9780231118422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. From Restoration...
Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C.
Collects works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay-writing from a pivotal time in Japanese history. This book reflects the political, social, and intellectual changes that occurred in Japanese society during this period. It reveals the influences in the development of Japanese literature. It includes biographical introductions for each writer. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1543.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118606
- ISBN
- 9780231118606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.96
€ 188.96
This is the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000), providing a portrait of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradtion amid the changes that shook China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Translator(s): Brissman, Lily Chia; Brissman, Barry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122504
- ISBN
- 9780231122504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.50
€ 71.50
Tells the story of the evolution of American technology since World War II. This book links pop culture icons with landmarks in technological innovation and shows how postwar politics left their mark on everything from television, automobiles, and genetically engineered crops to contraceptives, Tupperware, and the Veg-O-Matic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTK; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123044
- ISBN
- 9780231123044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.57
€ 77.57
With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123785
- ISBN
- 9780231123785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Shows how America began to intervene in world affairs. This book covers developments in New York, Washington, Santo Domingo, Brussels, and London. It recounts a little-known incident: the takeover by the Santo Domingo Improvement Company (SDIC) of the foreign debt, national railroad, and national bank of the Dominican Republic. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 190 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBT; JPSD; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125864
- ISBN
- 9780231125864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.15
€ 130.15
Presents the story in the years following the Civil War, when reformers - emboldened by the egalitarian rhetoric of the post-Civil War era - pressed New York City's oldest institution of higher learning to admit women in the 1870s. This book addresses the rise of modern feminism which furthered the cause of political reform. Num Pages: 400 pages, 51 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBT; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126441
- ISBN
- 9780231126441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126465
- ISBN
- 9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.68
€ 187.68
In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ2; JHBZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130240
- ISBN
- 9780231130240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Paperback. Offering an account of works by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Joseph Conrad, this title explains why many Victorians nursed a hostile vision of man and society and how misanthropy - once a means of conveying integrity and justified disdain of society's excesses - turned immoral and quasi-criminal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130653
- ISBN
- 9780231130653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
In the 1930s, Thomas G Corcoran, Benjamin V Cohen, William O Douglas, Abe Fortas, and James Rowe helped FDR build the Democratic Party into a coalition whose command over power and ideas invincible. This book shows how they were at the nexus of reform impulses at the electoral level with reform thinking in the social sciences and the law. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131087
- ISBN
- 9780231131087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.47
€ 136.47
he eminent historian Leopold Haimson examines the nature of political power in Russia during the years leading to the Bolshevik revolution. The book explores the issue of power as it was reflected in struggles of Russian workers to control their own lives and in the outlooks and strategies of leading political figures on the objectives of the revolution and the ways to achieve them. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132824
- ISBN
- 9780231132824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Surveys the materials and experimental practices of radioactivity research in early twentieth century Vienna, focusing on radioactive materials, instruments, women's work in physics, and gendered skills. This title shows how experimental cultures in radioactivity are constructed and reshaped by politics as well as scientists of different genders. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; PDN; PDX; PN; TBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135580
- ISBN
- 9780231135580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.51
€ 101.51
Offers insights into Reagan's ideological development and his political ascendancy. This book links the eight years (1954-1962) in which Reagan worked for General Electric; acting as host of its television program, GE Theater, and traveling the country as the company's public-relations envoy - to his conversion to conservatism. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138604
- ISBN
- 9780231138604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by several US servicemen. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people. Using this event as a point of reference, this book explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves as a confident citizenry embracing ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- With a new preface
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138901
- ISBN
- 9780231138901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.15
€ 95.15
Num Pages: 624 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139106
- ISBN
- 9780231139106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.82
€ 133.82
Drawing on secondary theoretical material as well as her own original research, the author conducts an analysis of the political, narrative, and ideological structures involved in the fictional and cinematic representations of the 2/28 Incident and White Terror. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJP; APFA; DSBH; DSK; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143608
- ISBN
- 9780231143608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRAM2; HRC; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144186
- ISBN
- 9780231144186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.95
€ 130.95