Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
This book looks at imperial heroes from behind the legends of a dozen major colonial figures on both sides of the Channel, revisiting the familiar stories from a radically new angle. It demonstrates how their reputations were made over several decades, and depicts the milieus and individuals who supported, and benefited from, these heroic stories. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1H; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084928
- ISBN
- 9780719084928
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
The 1989 Revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe. From Communism to ...
. Ed(S): Mcdermott, Kevin; Stibbe, Matthew
This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and the transition to pluralism in the 1990s. Editor(s): McDermott, Kevin; Stibbe, Matthew. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085277
- ISBN
- 9780719085277
Condition: New
€ 162.21
€ 162.21
Hardback. Drawing on a wide range documentary and oral sources, including interviews with refugees, this book explores the responses in Manchester to those threatened by the rise of Fascism in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFD; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085499
- ISBN
- 9780719085499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.21
€ 175.21
A rich and original study of the culture of association, showing the 'Big Society' in action in interwar Britain. First full-length study of a major British pressure-group, the League of Nations Union, since 1981, making extensive use of local archives. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social movements in modern Britain. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPSN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086168
- ISBN
- 9780719086168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.04
€ 151.04
This book analyses the 1984-5 miners' strike by focusing on its vital Scottish dimensions, especially the role of workplace politics and community mobilisation. Series Editor(s): Fielding, Steven; Callaghan, John; Ludlam, Steve. Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJPN; JPWF; KNAT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086328
- ISBN
- 9780719086328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.34
€ 150.34
Paperback. New edition, combines a discussion of successive historical approaches to the English Reformation with a critical review of recent debates in the area Series: Issues in Historiography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBAH; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 219 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086625
- ISBN
- 9780719086625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.92
€ 35.92
Analyses the experiences of Spanish Republican refugees in France Series Editor(s): Cross, Maire; Hopkin, David. Series: Studies in Modern French History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBWP; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086915
- ISBN
- 9780719086915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.39
€ 150.39
Explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087035
- ISBN
- 9780719087035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
This book deals with the French military occupations of Lorraine and Savoy during the personal rule of Louis XIV (1661-1715). It investigates the aims and intentions of the French monarchy in occupying these regions, the problems of administering them, and French relations with key local elite groups. Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 240 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087165
- ISBN
- 9780719087165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.07
€ 150.07
Looks at how the Anglican Church coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTQ; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087226
- ISBN
- 9780719087226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Hardback. This book examines the impact siblings had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature, and portraiture it argues that siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087370
- ISBN
- 9780719087370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.63
€ 150.63
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
€ 161.93
The first book detailing the social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War Num Pages: 208 pages, Line drawings, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089510
- ISBN
- 9780719089510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
The first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 Editor(s): Tate, Trudi; Kennedy, Kate. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090028
- ISBN
- 9780719090028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.00
€ 162.00
Hardcover. Explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510-1961) Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBTQ; HRCC7; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090615
- ISBN
- 9780719090615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.23
€ 151.23
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher; Sherman, Bill. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; KJMV5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090677
- ISBN
- 9780719090677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 329 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFGE; 3JJP; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090738
- ISBN
- 9780719090738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Hardcover. Details the surveillance by the British security service MI5 of anti-Nazi refugees who came to Britain fleeing political persecution in Germany and Austria Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFFD; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090790
- ISBN
- 9780719090790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Hardback. The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar. Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090899
- ISBN
- 9780719090899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.26
€ 151.26
Hardcover. This study places official discourse regarding urban amusement into the context of broader cultural understandings Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090912
- ISBN
- 9780719090912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Paperback. Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091339
- ISBN
- 9780719091339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.92
€ 35.92
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091360
- ISBN
- 9780719091360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Hardcover. A revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s Editor(s): Mollan, R.Charles. Num Pages: 368 pages, 88 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091445
- ISBN
- 9780719091445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.39
€ 163.39
Hardcover. Describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091926
- ISBN
- 9780719091926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22