Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. This unique reader allows students to examine Galileo's trial as a legal event and, in so doing, to learn about seventeenth-century European religion, politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, culture, and science. Editor(s): Mayer, Thomas F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HR; LNF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605190
- ISBN
- 9781442605190
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
paperback. Exploring how the daughters and granddaughters of the filles du roi adapted to their terrain, turned their hands to trade, and even acquired surprising influence at the French court, Along a River is an innovative and engagingly written history. Num Pages: 356 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612389
- ISBN
- 9781442612389
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.95
€ 42.99
€ 37.95
hardcover. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desenga os with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643505
- ISBN
- 9781442643505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. Derry's fascinating study is also a story of the evolution of animal medicine and humanitarian movements, and of international relations, particularly between Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; MZDH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520366
- ISBN
- 9781487520366
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.01
€ 44.99
€ 39.01
paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032153
- ISBN
- 9780141032153
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.93
€ 19.99
€ 14.93
paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226184395
- ISBN
- 9780226184395
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.43
€ 39.99
€ 24.43
paperback. A disturbing account of the Vichy period, demonstrating how in the interests of stability, French national feeling favored collboration with the German-controlled regime. Num Pages: 438 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231124690
- ISBN
- 9780231124690
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 23.38
€ 39.99
€ 23.38
hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231153041
- ISBN
- 9780231153041
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Condition: New
€ 75.99€ 44.49
€ 75.99
€ 44.49
paperback. Portrays British participation in World War I as effective and skilful, arguing that the army's failed plans and technology during the first half of the war led to improved technique and self assurance by the time of its successful sustained offensive in the Autumn of 1918. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWD; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300066630
- ISBN
- 9780300066630
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.11
€ 29.99
€ 20.11
The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks,...
J. Arch Getty & Oleg V. Naumov
paperback. Assembles some of the top secret Soviet documents, from the era of Stalin's purges. This title includes the dossiers, police reports, private letters, secret transcripts, and other documents that expose the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and the dark inhumanity of the purge process. Translator(s): Sher, Benjamin. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300104073
- ISBN
- 9780300104073
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.16
€ 29.99
€ 21.16
paperback. What was life really like for East Germans, effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? This book explores the transformation of East German society from the ruins of Hitler's Third Reich to a modernizing industrial state. It also examines changing conceptions of normality within an authoritarian political system. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300144246
- ISBN
- 9780300144246
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.74
€ 29.99
€ 22.74
hardcover. A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300208290
- ISBN
- 9780300208290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.17
€ 29.99
€ 26.17
paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp. b/w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300219449
- ISBN
- 9780300219449
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.82
€ 19.99
€ 12.82
hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520211759
- ISBN
- 9780520211759
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Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 46.60
€ 79.99
€ 46.60
paperback. A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 440 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520267572
- ISBN
- 9780520267572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.43
€ 39.99
€ 24.43
paperback. A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 390 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520267596
- ISBN
- 9780520267596
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.43
€ 35.99
€ 24.43
hardcover. Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520273412
- ISBN
- 9780520273412
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Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 50.82
€ 79.99
€ 50.82
paperback. Recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520280069
- ISBN
- 9780520280069
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.83
€ 25.99
€ 16.83
paperback. Examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. This book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520283817
- ISBN
- 9780520283817
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.43
€ 39.99
€ 24.43
paperback. This series of essays shows how one can conceptualize an historical event such as the French Revolution, and identify the radical changes it produced as well as the continuity it provided, albeit under the appearance of change. Translator(s): Forster, Elborg. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521280495
- ISBN
- 9780521280495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 20.37
€ 39.99
€ 20.37