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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. In 1900, China chose to take on imperialism by fighting a war with the world on the parched north China plain. This multi-disciplinary volume explores the causes behind what is known as the Boxer war, examining its particular cruelties and its impact on China, foreign imperialism in China, and on the foreign imagination. Editor(s): Bickers, Robert; Tiedemann, R. G. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742553941
ISBN
9780742553941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.47

This book examines a decade of extraordinary ferment in ideas, and the battles about those ideas out of which emerged the Britain of the late-twentieth century. Editor(s): Black, Lawrence; Pemberton, Hugh; Thane, Pat. Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088148
ISBN
9780719088148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571814999
ISBN
9781571814999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.35

Paperback. Where do most of the former members of Congress go after leaving office? This book is a chronicle of where former members are living, what they are doing, how they happened to leave Congress-voluntarily or not-and what they see for themselves in the future. Editor(s): Borders, Rebecca; Dockery, C.C. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819198204
ISBN
9780819198204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.30

Hardback. Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth. Editor(s): Bortz, Jeffrey; Haber, Stephen H. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742078
ISBN
9780804742078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.89

Hardback. Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world's prime resource. This book questions some major assumptions about the nexus between sugar production and colonial societies in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, especially in the second (post-1800) colonial era. Editor(s): Bosma, Ulbe; Guisti-Cordero, Juan A.; Knight, G. Roger. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; KNAC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453169
ISBN
9781845453169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.24

Paperback. This book is a collection of essays on the most important figures associated with the Bakhtin Circle. It offers new biographical material, valuable translations of important Russian texts, a timeline and extensive bibliographical references. Editor(s): Brandist, Craig; Shepherd, David; Tihanov, Galin. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719064098
ISBN
9780719064098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.65

This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Lowenstein, Steven M. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 466 pages, With a new Preface. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074780
ISBN
9780231074780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.56

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.68

Paperback. This book examines the work of writers and journalists from a range of European countries who used the medium of travel writing to articulate perceptions of their own and other cultures, and gives a comprehensive account of the complex intellectual climate of the 1930's. Editor(s): Burdett, Charles; Duncan, Derek. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 13ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571815019
ISBN
9781571815019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.21

The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this nineteenth-century campaign. Editor(s): Burroughs, Robert M.; Huzzey, Richard. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085116
ISBN
9780719085116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 161.45

Hardback. The exodus of refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s has received far more attention from historians, social scientists, and demographers than many other migrations and persecutions in Europe. Editor(s): Caestecker, Frank; Moore, Dr. Bob. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455873
ISBN
9781845455873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.76

Paperback. The alliances, programs, and goals of a historic decade that continues to shape SF and the world. Editor(s): Carlsson, Chris; Elliott, Lisa Ruth. Num Pages: 344 pages, Color and B&W photographs, illustrations, and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931404129
ISBN
9781931404129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.81

Hardback. Reflects various advances in scholarship. Editor(s): Carroll, John M.; Herring, George C. Num Pages: 293 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842025546
ISBN
9780842025546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.45

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

Editor(s): Carter, Sarah; Nugent, Late Maria. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 282 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991401
ISBN
9781784991401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Chilver, E.M.; Roschenthaler, Ute. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 maps, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JHMC; JPA; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571813107
ISBN
9781571813107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.98

Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular. Editor(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Translator(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403854
ISBN
9781421403854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.01

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

€ 44.99
€ 39.17

Hardback. What impact has the end of mandatory retirement had on colleges and universities as well as on the academic job market? From the Wharton School, To Retire or Not? outlines the critical issues associated with faculty aging, retirement policy, and human resource needs in higher education over the next decades. Editor(s): Clark, Robert L.; Hammond, P. Brett. Series: Pension Research Council Publications. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JNP; KJG; KJMV2; VSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235722
ISBN
9780812235722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.11

Hardback. Editor(s): Clifford, David; Wadge, Elisabeth; Warwick, Alex; Willis, Martin. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10+ halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843312123
ISBN
9781843312123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.94

Hardback. The unprecedented scope and intensity of the First World War has prompted an enormous body of retrospective scholarship. However, efforts to provide a coherent synthesis about the war's impact and significance have remained circumscribed, tending to focus either on the operational outlines of military strategy and tactics or on the cultural legacy. Editor(s): Coetzee, Frans; Coetzee, Marilyn Shevin. Num Pages: 384 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810175
ISBN
9781571810175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.26

Paperback. The unprecedented scope and intensity of the First World War has prompted an enormous body of retrospective scholarship. However, efforts to provide a coherent synthesis about the war's impact and significance have remained circumscribed, tending to focus either on the operational outlines of military strategy and tactics or on the cultural legacy Editor(s): Coetzee, Frans; Coetzee, Marilyn Shevin. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810670
ISBN
9781571810670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.57

Paperback. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was an intervention of historic proportions in the US economy during the Great Recession. What lessons for the future can we learn from this massive federal program? In this book, scholars from public administration and public policy analyze the fraught politics and complex implementation of ARRA. Editor(s): Conlan, Timothy J.; Posner, Paul L.; Regan, Priscilla M. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 figures, 15 tables, 11 figures, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626163706
ISBN
9781626163706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.51

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