c 1800 to c 1900
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c 1800 to c 1900
paperback. Describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese history - brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 468. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038680
- ISBN
- 9780099532392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038876
- ISBN
- 9781408838150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038941
- ISBN
- 9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
paperback. A sensual Calvinist, a Tory radical, a consumptive celebrant of action, a Passionate Scot who chose to live anywhere but Scotland. Not for nothing was Robert Louis Stevenson the author of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". This study marks the centenery of Stevenson's death at the age of forty-four. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 176 x 38. Weight in Grams: 582. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is clear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038947
- ISBN
- 9780712658935
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Hardback. This study illuminates the problems connected with Hungary's transition to a civil society, while providing insights into the development of political culture and the rise of civic and national consciousness in Hungary over the last 150 years. Translator(s): Patterson, James; Koncz, Eniko. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858660233
- ISBN
- 9781858660233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.97
€ 192.97
paperback. Thousands of Irish peasants fled the country in the famine winter of 1847-48 to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. This book tells of the lives of the emigrants on each stage of their journey to New York and offers insights into the character and mentality of the immigrants. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039286
- ISBN
- 9780195106596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. Investigates the pervasive and persistent commitment to "rough justice" that characterized rural and working class areas of most of the United States in the late nineteenth century. This work examines the influence of race, gender, and class on understandings of criminal justice and shows how they varied across regions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074059
- ISBN
- 9780252074059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.34
€ 31.34
Alexander Pushkin's "Little Tragedies": The Poetics of Brevity (Public...
Svetlana . Ed(S): Evdokimova
paperback. Reclaiming a cornerstone of Pushkin's work, this volume offers a critical study of four of his compact plays, later known as "The Little Tragedies". It examines their historical roots and connective themes, offers close readings and tracks the transformation of the works into other genres. Editor(s): Evdokimova, Svetlana. Series: Publications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299190248
- ISBN
- 9780299190248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.60
€ 40.60
paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- HIST
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595582157
- ISBN
- 9781595582157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.41
€ 23.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087495
- ISBN
- 9780472087495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
paperback. Winner of the PEN Hessel-Tiltman prize for history, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography, The Lunar Men captures the creation of the modern world with lucid intelligence, sympathy and wisdom. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp colour and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039356
- ISBN
- 9780571216109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. The present edition provides a detailed discussion of his theories and adds an account of the responses of readers to the book on first publication. These cast light on recent controversies, such as questions of design and descent. Editor(s): Beer, Gillian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, one chart. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039472
- ISBN
- 9780199219223
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. The story of four sisters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, great-grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period from 1740 to 1832. Underlying the drama of their aristocratic existence is a story of everyday life. Winner of the 1995 Fawcett Book Prize. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 403. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039552
- ISBN
- 9780099477112
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038983
- ISBN
- 9780007123742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. This study of rural Ireland in the 1840s explicates the social, economic and demographic conditions of the era. The author argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to the rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299098445
- ISBN
- 9780299098445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Constitutional History of the American Revolution: Authority to Tax v....
University Of Wisconsin Press
paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299112943
- ISBN
- 9780299112943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
paperback. This work traces the major transformation of newspapers from a politically based press to a commercially based press in the 19th century. Gerald J. Baldasty argues that broad changes in American society, the national economy and the newspaper industry brought about this dramatic shift. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299134044
- ISBN
- 9780299134044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BGH; BK; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299141349
- ISBN
- 9780299141349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.74
€ 26.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Dark Angel of Texas. 352 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806129952
- ISBN
- 9780806129952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Paperback. In detailed drawings and nontechnical language, this work identifies the basic house types of St Augustine, Florida, and records their dimensions, construction techniques, materials and design details from foundations to roofs. Num Pages: 184 pages, 80 drawings, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AC; AM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813011035
- ISBN
- 9780813011035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.43
€ 23.43