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c 1800 to c 1900

Hardcover. This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of global order legitimized imperial ambition. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230520752
ISBN
9780230520752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.53

Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415720915
ISBN
9780415720915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.74

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719858
ISBN
9780804719858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.87

Hardback. Offers a survey of the history of sculpture in Ireland in the nineteenth century, with focus on the large public works produced during the Victorian period. This title discusses the works of major figures as Patrick MacDowell, John Henry Foley, Thomas Kirk and Thomas Farrell. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 291 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press London
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300159097
ISBN
9780300159097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 41.17

Hardback. Argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the 19th century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; ABC; AM; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774160950
ISBN
9789774160950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.32

Paperback. Was the Habsburg monarchy an empire like those of Great Britain, France or Spain? Drawing upon modern theoretical perspectives on European expansion to answer this question, Paula Sutter Fichtner argues that the Habsburg holdings did indeed constitute a form of European imperialism. Series: European History in Perspective. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737286
ISBN
9780333737286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Based on extensive archival research, this book explores the history of Frankism, a Jewish religious movement that began in Poland and spread into the Habsburg Empire and the German lands in the later eighteenth century. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JF; 3JH; HRJ; HRLP1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223439
ISBN
9780812223439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.32

Hardcover. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804866
ISBN
9780875804866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.70

Paperback. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807065
ISBN
9780875807065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.10

hardcover. This book offers an innovative study of trade, production and consumption across the Indian Ocean between the years 1750 and 1850. Num Pages: 329 pages, 4 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1H; 3JF; 3JH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107070264
ISBN
9781107070264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124 131pp. 2000 reprint. Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780192812391
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232752
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006448
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Artusi?s masterpiece is not merely a popular cookbook; it is a landmark work in Italian culture. Translator(s): Baca, Murtha; Sartarelli, Stephen. Series: The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 653 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
653
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802086570
ISBN
9780802086570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 51.68

Paperback. Providing an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation, this book covers the whole period up to the General Election of 1992 and the subsequent choice of John Smith to succeed Neil Kinnock as party leader. It also discusses the role of labour unions within the party. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
10 Rev ed
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333594766
ISBN
9780333594766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137285898
ISBN
9781137285898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837329
ISBN
9781843837329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardback. This book explores the lives of Indigenous peoples and settlers and compares the emergence of racial boundaries in two Pacific Rim cities - Victoria, British Columbia, and Melbourne, Australia. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816212
ISBN
9780774816212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

Hardback. This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan. Japan is placed within the comparative context of the 'consumer revolution' in Europe and North America, contributing to the analysis of the ways in which consumption and everyday life change in the course of economic development. Editor(s): Hunter, Janet. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; KCC; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273665
ISBN
9780230273665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Paperback. American couple pioneered leisure cycle tourism in Europe via illustrated travel memoirs in the 1880s. Editor(s): Buchanan, Dave. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 200 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 3JH; WSQ; WTLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120424
ISBN
9781772120424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. An examination of the effects of the process of industrialization on the lives of women, both as paid workers and within the home. Num Pages: 96 pages, Bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631153030
ISBN
9780631153030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.79

Paperback. This work examines the meaning of the Cuban war for independence of 1898, as represented in 100 years of American historical writing. It offers both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847428
ISBN
9780807847428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.67

Paperback. Hurricanes are a key factor in the development of modern Cuba. This book shows how these great storms - and three in particular (1842, 1844, 1846) - played a decisive role in shaping the economy, the culture, and the island's history. Eyewitness accounts and agricultural/economic data are used. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, 12 tables, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; HBJQ; JFFC; JHBC; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807849286
ISBN
9780807849286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

Hardback. Resources are of particular interest from a gender perspective, and this book sheds light on the importance of resources for women's struggles for political rights. Highlighting the financial strategies of the first wave of Swedish middle-class and socialist women's movements and comparing them with similar organizations around the world. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 31 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452719
ISBN
9780857452719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.75

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