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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort, with long consequences, to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time, the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This title examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJ; HBTB; RGC; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774813389
ISBN
9780774813389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.12

Paperback. A history of the U.S. grassroots campaign against torture in Brazil, and the ways those efforts helped to create a new discourse about human-rights violations in Latin America. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 472 pages, 24 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347354
ISBN
9780822347354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis Jimmy Hoffa. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8-PP. B/W photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316067423
ISBN
9780316067423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The MIT Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262026703
ISBN
9780262026703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Looks at important decades in recent history using family memories to contrast life 'then' and 'now'. Series: My Family Remembers. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 4KHJ; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 264 x 213 x 5. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445143569
ISBN
9781445143569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. Presents an account of the first 27 years of a astonishing trajectory in a life made difficult by depression, but sustained throughout by a love of books and learning. This book depicts the formative years of a man nourished by lifelong learning, whose rise from humble beginnings to heights of achievement serves as a model for generations to come. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; 3JJ; BG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129273
ISBN
9780691129273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.66
€ 58.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 20 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278639
ISBN
9780803278639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.75

Hardcover. An award-winning historian illuminates the strategy for ending slavery that precipitated the crisis of civil war. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239935
ISBN
9780393239935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.80

Paperback. Winner of the Lincoln Prize. "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective."-David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books Num Pages: 640 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393347753
ISBN
9780393347753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. "Beautifully argued .. succeeds in telling us new things about a heavily explored topic."-Mark M. Smith, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351217
ISBN
9780393351217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.37

Hardcover. A powerful history of emancipation that reshapes our understanding of Lincoln, the Civil War, and the end of American slavery. Num Pages: 596 pages, 8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065312
ISBN
9780393065312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.13

Paperback. "A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing."-Jean Baker Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330656
ISBN
9780393330656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. At the forefront of the social revolution that transformed Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century were three artists whose work had a great impact on the country's culture and politics: Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. This title looks at ten important works by these artists. Series: MOMA Artist Series. Num Pages: 48 pages, 35 illustrations, 29 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACXD; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 204 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870708206
ISBN
9780870708206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.13

Paperback. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, 'Commando' reveals the exhilarating full story of World War II's most formidable fighting force. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123622
ISBN
9780349123622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Hardcover. By providing a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled relationship between working-class radicals and organised Liberalism in England between 1868 and 1888, Labour and the Caucus offers a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319440
ISBN
9781846319440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245402
ISBN
9780803245402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

Hardback. Traces the rise of public and private pension funds, which now control as much as 50 percent of the equity in American corporations, and argues that shareholders in those funds could use their power to make corporations more responsive to social needs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCS; KJV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235630
ISBN
9780812235630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.92

American historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KNSP; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893575
ISBN
9780801893575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.25

Hardback. In the summer of 1976, Mao lay dying, and China was struck by a great natural disaster. The earthquake that struck Tangshan was one of the worst in recorded history, killing half a million people. But the Chinese Communist rulers in Beijing were distracted, paralysed by in-fighting over who would take control after Mao finally died. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KOC0001605
ISBN
9780571243990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Leading academics investigate the left turn in Latin American politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JMC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324227
ISBN
9780745324227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; JPHC; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038952
ISBN
9781594038952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 757.
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036712
ISBN
9781594036712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 16.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 1KBBSX; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605989471
ISBN
9781605989471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. Explores the venues of black British literary and cultural production across the postwar period. Extending from central London to the outskirts of Glasgow, the book pursues a "devolving" landscape, to consider what an analysis of "dwelling" might contribute to the theories of diaspora discourse. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719060540
ISBN
9780719060540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.48

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