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paperback. How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of guilds and scientific research that led to the Industrial Research? "Clocks and Cultures" is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over 400 years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. Series: Norton Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034462
- ISBN
- 9780393324433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. In the first major study of the Protestant Loyalist Orange Order, Dominic Bryan provides a detailed ethnographic and historical study of Orange Order parades. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034618
- ISBN
- 9780745314136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034743
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Sheds fresh light on the rich and turbulent late eighteenth-century period in New Jersey. This volume explores topics including New Jersey as the "Crossroads of the Revolution," important military campaigns, the 1776 Constitution, and the significant contribution of blacks, Native Americans, and women to the fighting and to the homefront. Editor(s): Mitnick, Barbara J. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 colour & 57 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rivergate Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813540955
- ISBN
- 9780813540955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.46
€ 52.99
€ 43.46
hardcover. This narrative of peasant unrest in Russia during 1905 - 1906 combines a chronology of incidents drawn from official documents, with close analysis of the villages associated with the disorders based upon detailed census materials compiled by local specialists. The analysis concentrates on a single province: Kursk Oblast. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155225178
- ISBN
- 9786155225178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.48
€ 237.48
Hardcover. This book proposes a new perspective on the role of literature in the Cold War and shifts the reader's attention to the gaps in the ostensibly impenetrable Iron Curtain. It uncovers the histories of the widely forgotten phenomenon of tamizdat: "publishing-over-there". Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPVH2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789633860229
- ISBN
- 9789633860229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.87
€ 263.87
Remembrance, History, and Justice: Coming to terms with traumatic past...
Vladimir . Ed(S): Tismaneanu
hardcover. The volume is an up-to-date reassessment of how the interplay between memory, history, and justice generates insights that examine the present and future of democracy without becoming limited to a Europe-centric framework of understanding. Editor(s): Tismaneanu, Vladimir. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBTB; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789633860922
- ISBN
- 9789633860922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.87
€ 263.87
Hardcover. This work is an assessment to thoroughly explore the roots of conflict inside former Yugoslavia. It highlights major issues. Editor(s): Popov, Nebojsa; Gojkovic, Drinka; Gojovic, Drinka. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JH; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 233 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1154. Trauma and Catharsis. 600 pages. Editor(s): Popov, Nebojsa; Gojkovic, Drinka; Gojovic, Drinka. This work is an assessment to thoroughly explore the roots of conflict inside former Yugoslavia. It highlights major issues. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JH; JPWS. Dimension: 172 x 233 x 43. Weight: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Central European Univ Pr
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639116559
- ISBN
- 9789639116559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 322.83
€ 322.83
Hardback. Presents the life story of a Serbian woman, preserved in memoirs, letters and mostly diaries, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of a life that takes place against the backdrop of turbulence in the Balkans. This title covers more than half a century, five wars (including the two world wars), and four ideologies. Editor(s): Irvine, Jill; Lilly, Carol. Num Pages: 514 pages, maps and photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; BJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776234
- ISBN
- 9789639776234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.92
€ 261.92
hardcover. Analyzes the processes of nation-building in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Southeastern Europe. This work represents a coordinated interpretation based on ten varied academic cultures and traditions. Editor(s): Mishkova, Diana. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776289
- ISBN
- 9789639776289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.52
€ 223.52
paperback. What happened to the classical ideas of close relations when they were transmitted to philosophers, clerical and monastic thinkers, state officials or other people in the medieval and early modern period? To what extent did friendship transcend the distinctions between private and public that then existed? This book addresses these questions. Series: Natalie Zemon Davies Annual Lectures. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776609
- ISBN
- 9789639776609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.47
€ 75.47
hardcover. A monograph that investigates the origins of state policy toward population and the family in Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the evolution of state legislation in the field of social policy toward the family in Bulgaria between the two World Wars, colored by concerns about the national good and demographic considerations. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9789639776661
- ISBN
- 9789639776661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.49
€ 192.49
hardcover. A non-fiction book about the social engineering operated in rural Eastern Europe by the Communist regime, based on the history of two villages in Romania. This book is mostly about the consequences of unlimited state power over people and communities. Translator(s): Jianu, Angela. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776784
- ISBN
- 9789639776784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.41
€ 175.41
paperback. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000524
- ISBN
- 9780300143164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This study describes how two late 19th-century electronic technologies - the telephone and the electric light - were publicly envisaged both by specialized engineering trade journals and the popular media. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; THRS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000529
- ISBN
- 9780195063417
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000532
- ISBN
- 9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. What is postcolonial studies? What are its achievements, strengths and weaknesses? This book deals with one of the most important issues with special emphasis on neo-liberalism within world poverty and the 'third world'. It clarifies: the territory of postcolonial studies; how identity and postcolonialism relate; and more. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761971627
- ISBN
- 9780761971627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.59
€ 51.99
€ 51.59
paperback. Few people realize that the Web was born at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and that it was invented by an Englishman, Tim Berners-Lee. This account tells how the idea first came about, how it was developed, and how it was handed over for free for the world to use. Num Pages: 392 pages, numerous line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; TBX; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035912
- ISBN
- 9780192862075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Lena Orlin paints a dense picture of everyday life in Renaissance England, with an emphasis on personal privacy, the built environment, and the life story of a remarkable undiscovered woman - merchant's wife and mother of four, Alice Barnham - with a central role in some of the most important untold stories of sixteenth-century women. Num Pages: 392 pages, 45 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199577385
- ISBN
- 9780199577385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.16
€ 68.16
paperback. In 1892 a stocky Danish immigrant named Magnus Jensen rode into south-central Montana. He liked what he saw and staked his future on the ranch he would carve out there. Today, the author and his wife, Emily, live on the ranch built by Jensen, Emily's grandfather. This illustrated book bears poetic witness to the myth and reality that are the West. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216365
- ISBN
- 9780803216365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67