Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366255
- ISBN
- 9780892366255
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. The Swiss scholar Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the first great historians of culture and art. In his manuscript on the genres of Italian Renaissance painting - still unpublished in the original German and published here in English for the first time - Burckhardt assayed a transformative approach to the study of art history. Translator(s): Britt, David; Beamish, Caroline. Num Pages: 252 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; ACND; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892367368
- ISBN
- 9780892367368
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Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting, whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; ACVC; AGB; AGN; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366743
- ISBN
- 9780892366743
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Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Hardcover. An examination of Bernardo Bellotto's "View of the Grand Canal", a visual record of life in 18th-century Venice. The volume presents the painting in a series of details that allow the reader to examine it closely and the book jacket opens to become a small poster of the entire painting. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366583
- ISBN
- 9780892366583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.54
€ 15.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Managing for Results 2002 summarizes five innovative, yet practical, approaches that public sector organizations use to better manage for results, increase organizational performance, and improve accountability to stakeholders. Editor(s): Abramson, Mark A.; Kamensky, John M. Series: IBM Center for the Business of Government. Num Pages: 276 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPQ; KCJ; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513525
- ISBN
- 9780742513525
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Condition: New
€ 61.56
€ 61.56
hardcover. Armies and Insurgencies in the Arab Spring explores the central problems concerning the role of the armed forces in the contemporary Arab world. Editor(s): Albrecht, Holger; Croissant, Aurel; Lawson, Fred H. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248548
- ISBN
- 9780812248548
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Condition: New
€ 86.70
€ 86.70
"Brother Woodrow": A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson by Stockton Axson
. Ed(S): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S.
Hardback. Editor(s): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633794
- ISBN
- 9780691633794
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Condition: New
€ 144.10
€ 144.10
Hardback. Offers a portrait of Virginia's wartime economic, political, and social institutions. This work includes essays that examine such concerns as the war's effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the development of Confederate social networks. Editor(s): Ayers, Edward L.; Gallagher, Gary W.; Torget, Andrew J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps & graphs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925523
- ISBN
- 9780813925523
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Condition: New
€ 59.78
€ 59.78
Hardcover. Argues that destruction of Iraqi culture was aimed at remaking Iraq as US client state. Editor(s): Baker, Raymond William; Ismael, Shereen T.; Ismael, Tareq Y. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745328133
- ISBN
- 9780745328133
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Condition: New
€ 136.11
€ 136.11
Paperback. Describes the changes to Yucatan's society and economy following the 1982 debt crisis that prostrated Mexico's economy. This work charts the accelerated change in Yucatan from a monocrop economy to a beneficiary and victim of rampant globalization. Editor(s): Baklanoff, Eric N.; Moseley, Edward H. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFS; KCM; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354763
- ISBN
- 9780817354763
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Condition: New
€ 40.08
€ 40.08
Paperback. "Sots-art," the mock use of the Soviet ideological cliches of mass culture, originated in Soviet nonconformist art of the early 1970s. This text examines literary Sots-art on several levels. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; etc.; Condee, Nancy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Dobrenko, Evgeny (Amerst College, USA). Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117679
- ISBN
- 9780810117679
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Condition: New
€ 34.47
€ 34.47
Hardback. This book captures the methodological and thematic diversity and richness of current work on the history of the German working class and the political movements that emerged from it. Editor(s): Barclay, David E.; Weitz, Eric D. Num Pages: 600 pages, 12 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810007
- ISBN
- 9781571810007
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Condition: New
€ 199.65
€ 199.65
Paperback. This volume records impressions of life on the 19th- and early-20th-century American frontier by 21 artists better known for their paintings, sculptures and photographs. Most, but not all, of the selections come from journals or diaries kept during trips to the West. Editor(s): Barclay, Donald A. (Librarian, Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas, USA); Maguire, James H. (Professor of English, Boise State University, Idaho, USA); Wild, Peter (Professor of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652429
- ISBN
- 9780875652429
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Condition: New
€ 20.03
€ 20.03
Hardback. Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern genocide, or at the manner in which religion has taken a position on mass killing. Editor(s): Bartov, Omer; Mack, Phyllis. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTZ; HRLP5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812148
- ISBN
- 9781571812148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.45
€ 165.45
Hardback. This illustrated work introduces the world of "fin-de-siecle" Prague, and charts the effects of the emergence of modernism and the search for Czech national identity on both the fine and the applied arts, as well as on architecture, music and literature. Editor(s): Becker, Edwin; Prahl, Roman; Wittlich, Petr. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 colour and 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVKC; 3JJC; AC; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 253 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789040093913
- ISBN
- 9789040093913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.54
€ 77.54
Paperback. Challenges simple understanding of cultural "authenticity" even as it celebrates the dynamic role of performance in the American Indian pursuit of self-determination Editor(s): Bellin, Joshua David; Mielke, Laura L. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226326
- ISBN
- 9780803226326
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Condition: New
€ 42.87
€ 42.87
paperback. Culture does not become 'culture' until it is consumed. This is a radical new interpretation of early modern social history by leading specialists from North America and Europe, who explore a wide variety of topics. Editor(s): Bermingham, Ann; Brewer, John. Num Pages: 664 pages, 61 black & white halftones, 54 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415159975
- ISBN
- 9780415159975
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Condition: New
€ 151.04
€ 151.04
Hardback. Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitation of the resources of the New World. Editor(s): Bernardini, Paolo; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1K; 3H; 3JF; GTB; HBG; HRJ; JFC; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811530
- ISBN
- 9781571811530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.77
€ 200.77
The Southern Agrarians and the New Deal. Essays After "I'll Take My St...
. Ed(S): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas...
Hardback. A collection of six essays by key American Agrarians such as Donald Davidson, Andrew Nelson Lytle and Herman Clarence Nixon. Combined with an introduction, they offer a radically revised view of the Agrarian movement as it was redefined and revived during the New Deal. Editor(s): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas A. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPWD; JPWF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919959
- ISBN
- 9780813919959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.08
€ 83.08
Paperback. "Literature at the Barricades" provides an overview of the 1930s literary scene with reprints of such classic as James T. Farrell's "The End of a Literary Decade". Editor(s): Bogardus, Ralph Franklin; Hobson, Fred. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817300791
- ISBN
- 9780817300791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.44
€ 35.44