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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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