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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547037
ISBN
9780099547037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. This volume is about how London was perceived by Wenceslaus Hollar, the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know what Old St Paul's was like, before it was completely destroyed and subsequently rebuilt by Wren. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; AFH; AGB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712667579
ISBN
9780712667579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252081828
ISBN
9780252081828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.39

Paperback. Friedrich Gilly was an important figure in Berlin's architectural tradition. In addition to presenting five of Gilly's most influential essays, this volume contains archival records that clarify the intellectual context in which Gilly developed his thoughts on architecture. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 260 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892362813
ISBN
9780892362813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Hardback. "Voice in Motion is a book of interdisciplinary reach, solid scholarship, and imaginative resonance."-Bruce Smith, University of Southern California Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; AN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812240061
ISBN
9780812240061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.64

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 356 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JJH; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764343391
ISBN
9780764343391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.72

Hardback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of independent international traders who travel abroad to import and export an array of consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226841212
ISBN
9780226841212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.89

Paperback. An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 b&w photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340379
ISBN
9780822340379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.35

Hardback. This book studies 18th-century Yangchow paintings as artistic products shaped by collective social and cultural experiences, and by constant exchanges between the artists and their audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732529
ISBN
9780804732529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992606
ISBN
9781784992606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.83

Paperback. Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court. Series: The Past & Present Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black & white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754350
ISBN
9780198754350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Hardcover. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 488 pages, 250 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 216. .
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857093391
ISBN
9781857093391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.09

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. Traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. This book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are poised to undermine America's world power. Num Pages: 400 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New and Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844673049
ISBN
9781844673049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.46

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
LID Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907794360
ISBN
9781907794360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887550
ISBN
9780801887550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardback. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880384
ISBN
9780801880384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212197
ISBN
9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Paperback. In the last 2 centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding success story. Agriculture has fed population with a variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book explains how these feats were accomplished. It covers various factors that have affected agricultural performance. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138534
ISBN
9780691138534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07