Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Nell and the Girls is a remarkable, dramatic and heartwarming true story. France, 1940. The British have evacuated their forces from Dunkirk. Nell and her girls stand on the beach and see the outline of Dover Castle but it will be four and a half long years before they return to Britain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Myrmidon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910183113
- ISBN
- 9781910183113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Hardback. Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy. Num Pages: 303 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011282
- ISBN
- 9781847011282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.71
€ 104.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AN; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813585444
- ISBN
- 9780813585444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.91
€ 43.91
Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089963
- ISBN
- 9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.67
€ 32.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. This text focuses on the social and intellectual world of 19th-century German physics. In providing a biography of Hertz and his scientific community, Buchwald aims to reconstitute the tacit knowledge - the shared, unwritten assumptions, values and understandings - that shapes the work of science. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 halftones, 83 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078885
- ISBN
- 9780226078885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.67
€ 89.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811712934
- ISBN
- 9780811712934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.98
€ 19.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. A study of the civilian population that fell victim to the brutality of the 1860s Kansas Indian wars. It recounts the captivity of Susanna Alderdice, who was killed along with three of her children by her Cheyenne captors at the Battle of Summit Springs in July 1869, and of her four-year-old son, who was wounded then left for dead. Num Pages: 384 pages, 39 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222885
- ISBN
- 9780803222885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Hardcover. During the 1990s the United States undertook the greatest social policy reform since the Social Security Act of 1935. A crucial resourse for policy economists, social policy specialists, and other professionals concerned wi th welfare policy. Series: RAND Corporation Research Study. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 line illustrations; 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018914
- ISBN
- 9780674018914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.75
€ 114.75
Paperback. In 1906, the authorities in the Colony of Natal put down, with great loss of life, an uprising that has become known as the Zulu or Bhambatha rebellion. This book shifts the focus to the Maphumulo area where two famous chiefs led their people in violent resistance to the colonial militia. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869140489
- ISBN
- 9781869140489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.86
€ 43.86
Paperback. Remembering the rebellion narrates and commemorates the Zulu or Bhambatha rebellion of 1906 with riveting anecdotes, maps and illustrations, many of them previously unpublished. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869141172
- ISBN
- 9781869141172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. Author Jeff Guy explains how, after its conquest, the Zulu kingdom was destroyed by imperial policies of divide and rule and how the Colenso family, especially the Bishop's eldest daughter, Harriette, took the lead in resisting colonial exploitation and imperial domination. Num Pages: 512 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921334
- ISBN
- 9780813921334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.10
€ 51.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 137 colour illustrations, 33 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; RNKH; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589799035
- ISBN
- 9781589799035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.21
€ 30.99
€ 30.21
Paperback. Rangers began the year in the doldrums - and stayed there for a good few months, struggling to make fifth spot in the league. That was until Graeme Souness became manager on 8 April. With new insightful interviews with those who were at the heart of the turnaround, 1986: The Rangers Revolution tells the story of what happened at Ibrox in 1986. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour image section. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JJPN; WSBT; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785311666
- ISBN
- 9781785311666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.12
€ 21.99
€ 19.12
Hardback. Explores the turning points and key events in business history. This book explains the nature of these changes, how they came about, how people reacted to the new economic environment, and the direct impact that they have had on the way business is conducted. It addresses how the Industrial Revolution progressed in Europe, the US, and globally. Series: Milestones in Business History Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313338533
- ISBN
- 9780313338533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.73
€ 44.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673027
- ISBN
- 9780470673027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
Paperback. This edition considers the metamorphosis of modern Japan in the light of key events of the 20th century, focusing on the economic miracle, the influence of Japan's troubled past in Asia, the implications of the demographic time-bomb, the third transformation and the lost decade of the 1990s. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408234518
- ISBN
- 9781408234518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.49
€ 44.49
Paperback. The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 324 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118315071
- ISBN
- 9781118315071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.94
€ 29.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change sincethe 1980s presents a comprehensive examination of the causes ofthe Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s and thesocio-political consequences of the recent financial collapse. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 324 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191944
- ISBN
- 9781405191944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.04
€ 136.04
Hardcover. Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470673010
- ISBN
- 9780470673010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.82
€ 104.82
Hardback. This eye-opening study of Civil War photography traces the introduction of the camera into the battlefield and shows its influence on history and our responses to war Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCP; AJCR; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 292 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1832.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191806
- ISBN
- 9780300191806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925106787
- ISBN
- 9781925106787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.01
€ 26.99
€ 18.01
Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 150 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764317699
- ISBN
- 9780764317699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.23€ 39.16
€ 53.23
€ 39.16
Paperback. Offers a rites of passage story that may appeal to both young and old. This title attempts to shed a largely humorous, but sometimes serious light, on the relations between an ethnic minority and the wider community. Its attitude to Judaism, in particular, and religions in general, is irreverent. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458700
- ISBN
- 9780752458700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280687
- ISBN
- 9780520280687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25