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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. This title examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418451
ISBN
9780821418451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.58

Hardback. This is a study of the growth of the police control in Latin America offering a history of one of the fundamental institutions of the modern world through which the power of the state intrudes on public space to control and direct behaviour. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720564
ISBN
9780804720564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439903292
ISBN
9781439903292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.72

Paperback. How Bostonians fashioned a shining image of their city in the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495180
ISBN
9781558495180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.81

hardcover. Shows how the Bible, in particular a Chinese translation of the Old Testament, profoundly influenced Hong and his followers, leading them to understand the first three of the Ten Commandments as an indictment of the imperial order. This book may appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780295984308
ISBN
9780295984308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. This book is the first study of how the BBC, through radio, tried to represent what it meant to be British. The book combines an examination of the BBC's desire to construct a strong, unitary sense of Britishness (through empire and the monarchy) with a thorough consideration of the broadcasting in the non-English parts of the United Kingdom. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APT; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079443
ISBN
9780719079443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.40
€ 87.85

Paperback. Revealing the story of Germany through the inhabitants of one small wooden building: a nobleman farmer, a Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant, this book moves from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from the devastation of two world wars to the dividing and reuniting of a nation. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592044
ISBN
9780099592044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

paperback. Moving from the Middle-Eastern campaigns of the First World War to bohemian Berlin in the 1920s, to the horror of the concentration camps and the trials in Belsen and Nuremberg, this book tells the story of two German men whose lives diverged, and intersected, in an unusual way. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 202 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559054
ISBN
9780099559054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. An updated new edition of this manifesto by one of England best-loved designers of cruising yachts, featuring a new photo gallery, and a thoughtful and illuminating Foreword by Ed Burnett, one of today's foremost designers of yachts in the classic English idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; WGG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Lodestar Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
5th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907206368
ISBN
9781907206368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531760
ISBN
9780716531760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. At head of title: "Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury LEVIATHAN 1651." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HPCD; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665202
ISBN
9781624665202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.88

paperback. One of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 588 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 834. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034142
ISBN
9780198237471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. The second of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 510 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034143
ISBN
9780198237488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. This collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, although taking it in unorthodox and challenging directions, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation. Editor(s): Brown, Thomas J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402512
ISBN
9781421402512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.24

This collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, although taking it in unorthodox and challenging directions, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation. Editor(s): Brown, Thomas J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402505
ISBN
9781421402505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.55

Paperback. An analysis of why relations between the United States and the Chinese Communists were hostile in the first decade of the Cold War. It discusses questions such as why Truman refused to recognize the Chinese Communists and why Mao shelled islands in the Taiwan Straits in 1958. It provides a link between domestic politics and foreign policy. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone 16 line illus. 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026374
ISBN
9780691026374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761526469
ISBN
9780761526469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Although much has been written about the Kerner Commission, the analysis has focused primarily on its affect on the American press. In The Riot Report and the News, Thomas J. Hrach instead explores how the commission came to its conclusions, in order to understand why and how its report served as a catalyst for change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625342119
ISBN
9781625342119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.32

Hardback. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 544 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142999
ISBN
9780691142999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811705875
ISBN
9780811705875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Edward Bancroft moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable resume as both a scientist and a man of letters. In recognition of his works in natural history, Bancroft was unanimously elected to the Royal Society. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187458
ISBN
9780300187458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. This is the first detailed study account of the life and career of Chaumont whose chief claim to fame was the fact that from 1777 to 1785 Benjamin Franklin lived in his home in the Parisian suburb of Passy. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810502
ISBN
9781571810502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.43

Hardcover. Documenting at the most basic level of Catholic communal organization the interaction between change and continuity, this title tells the history of American Catholicism from the bottom up, relating the life of a local faith community to the larger religious and secular world of which it is a part. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Catholic University America Pr
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KOC0009818
ISBN
9780813213491
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. A history of Fordham University that traces the evolution of the institution from St. John' College, a small diocesan college founded by Bishop John Hughes in 1841, to one of the major Jesuit and Catholic universities in the United States. Num Pages: 536 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; JNKS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271511
ISBN
9780823271511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.29