Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography. Editor(s): Burke, Janet; Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208377
- ISBN
- 9780872208377
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. An assessment of the important place of Gustave Le Gray in the history of photography. A young painter in Rome, then a fashionable portrait photographer in Paris, Le Gray received commissions from Napoleon III, and fled to Palermo and then Egypt when faced with bankruptcy. Num Pages: 402 pages, 237 colour & 113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AJB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 293 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2223.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366712
- ISBN
- 9780892366712
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Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.04
€ 53.37
€ 46.04
paperback. El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by settlers from present-day Mexico, as well as settlers of Indian, African and European descent. Illustrated in colour, this volume uses text, paintings and photographs to create a portrait of the pueblo, its history, and its heritage. Series: Conservation & cultural heritage. Num Pages: 136 pages, 88 colour & 72 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3J; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780892366620
- ISBN
- 9780892366620
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.20
€ 30.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. The Middle East played a critical role in the development of photography as a new technology and an art form. Likewise, photography was instrumental in cultivating and maintaining Europe's distinctively Orientalist vision of the Middle East. This book explores the interplay between 19th-century photography and Europe's vision of the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 colour & 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061510
- ISBN
- 9781606061510
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardcover. In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. This book is an irresistible insight into British attitudes towards the French and an interesting, timeless commentary on Anglo-French relations. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 107 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good illustrated cover. Inscription to previous owner inside cover
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0005218
- ISBN
- 9781851243358
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 56.93€ 44.93
€ 56.93
€ 44.93
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.
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- 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
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
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
€ 100.82€ 84.13
€ 100.82
€ 84.13
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
€ 141.25
€ 141.25
hardcover. A collection of essays that examines the idea of future in early modern European literature, politics, religion, science, and social life. Investigating how both elite and popular writers represented their access to or control over the future, it proposes fresh insights into one of the defining characteristics of modernity. Editor(s): Brady, Andrea; Butterworth, Emily. Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415995405
- ISBN
- 9780415995405
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Condition: New
€ 184.90
€ 184.90
hardcover. Offering an approach to the history of the modern state, this text concentrates on the 18th century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. Using a comparative study, it deconstructs certain cliches about the two states and forces one to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. Editor(s): Brewer, John; Hellmuth, Eckhart. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 412 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199201891
- ISBN
- 9780199201891
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Condition: New
€ 164.71
€ 164.71
hardcover. Emerging in 1918 from the devastation of WWI, the modern pacifist movement expanded rapidly and soon became organized on a transnational basis. These essays present aspects of the movement's development to the end of WWII. Editor(s): Brock, Peter; Socknat, Thomas P. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; GTJ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 895.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802043719
- ISBN
- 9780802043719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.65
€ 105.65
Remembering Brown at Fifty: The University of Illinois Commemorates Br...
. Ed(S): Burton, Orville Vernon; O'Brien, Dav...
paperback. Original interpretations of Brown v. Board of Education's impact, fifty years later Editor(s): Burton, Orville Vernon; O'Brien, David. Num Pages: 456 pages, 21 Black & White photographs, 9 Color photographs, 9 charts, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252076657
- ISBN
- 9780252076657
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.03
€ 38.99
€ 35.03
The Good Fight Continues. World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincol...
. Ed(S): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.;...
Paperback. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield. This book contains 154 letters selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, provides a fresh perspective on aspects of World War II. Editor(s): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.; Small, Melvin. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716601
- ISBN
- 9780814716601
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
paperback. Analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814126
- ISBN
- 9780774814126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.28
€ 40.99
€ 36.28
Hardback. The fourteen articles in this volume bring together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual and commercial interactions during the Renaissance between Western Europe and the Middle East, with particular reference to the Ottoman Empire. Editor(s): Contadini, Anna; Norton, Claire. Num Pages: 352 pages, Includes 43 colour and 39 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472409911
- ISBN
- 9781472409911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.71
€ 148.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Cramer, Jane K.; Thrall, A. Trevor. Series: Routledge Global Security Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415782135
- ISBN
- 9780415782135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23
Paperback. Grounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country's past, this title features scholars of Afghan history, politics, society, and culture who show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a complex, and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by modern international politics. Editor(s): Crews, Robert D.; Tarzi, Amin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HRAM2; HRAM6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032248
- ISBN
- 9780674032248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.20
€ 45.99
€ 38.20
Anooshi Lingit Aani Ka, Russians in Tlingit America
. Ed(S): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, ...
paperback. Traces the series of events which culminated in the 1802 and 1804 Battles of Sitka, a turning point in the history of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and, ultimately, in the history of America. Editor(s): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 560 pages, 55 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986012
- ISBN
- 9780295986012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.05€ 55.71
€ 64.05
€ 55.71
hardcover. This book provides a new understanding of German twentieth-century history by using the lens of citizenship to explore issues of nationality, belonging, and constructions of German nationhood. Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Palmowski, Jan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752046
- ISBN
- 9780804752046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.22
€ 118.22
paperback. Most of this collection pertains to records of some 25,000 slaving voyages between 1595 and 1867, while other papers offer quantitative analysis in the ethnicity of slaves, mortality trends and slaves' reconstruction of their identities. Editor(s): Eltis, David; Richardson, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780714643908
- ISBN
- 9780714643908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.66
€ 105.66
Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-2...
. Ed(S): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W.
hardcover. A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada's experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic. Editor(s): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; MBNS; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822121
- ISBN
- 9780774822121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.70
€ 106.70