Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815513
- ISBN
- 9780810815513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.48
€ 109.48
Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815254
- ISBN
- 9780810815254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.31
€ 111.31
Hardback. All the correspondence selected for this volume - most of it hitherto unpublished - relates to Bernard Shaw's theatre dealings and theatrical interest, at the same time attesting to the 'histrionic instinct' and 'theatrified imagination' (his own phrases) of the man who penned them. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Series: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802030009
- ISBN
- 9780802030009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.79
€ 60.79
Paperback. Focuses on the means employed by former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina to adjust to their status as a free people and to battle attempts by whites to regain control over them. This study attempts to understand how the freedmen saw themselves in the new order and to shed light on their hopes and aspirations. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216090
- ISBN
- 9780253216090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.53
€ 24.99
€ 23.53
Hardback. In his close analysis of ten coups in Ghana from 1967 to 1981, Singh identifies three distinct points of coup origination: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPHC; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413365
- ISBN
- 9781421413365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; ACXJ; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 51. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816694280
- ISBN
- 9780816694280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Hardcover. Under the patronage of two south German nobles, Johann Lorenz Schmidt published an annotated translation of the Bible opening books in 1735. This work focuses on the controversy it aroused and of its eventual suppression, and sheds light on aspects of the 18th century and issues of censorship. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531162
- ISBN
- 9781557531162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.22
€ 30.22
Paperback. Blues recording artist and critic Adam Gussow begins his story in the 1890s, when the spectacle lynching of blacks became an insidious part of Southern life. Gussow identifies veiled references to real life incidents of these lynchings within the words of Blues songs and literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGK; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310985
- ISBN
- 9780226310985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. Over the years, Democrats and Republicans each have received about fifty percent of the votes and controlled about half of the government, but this has not resulted in policy deadlock. This title analyzes policy outcomes in light of the frequent alternation in power among evenly divided parties. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; Landy, Marc Karnis; Shapiro, Martin. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408672
- ISBN
- 9780878408672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.72
€ 74.72
Paperback. The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. This book tells the story of that migration. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247017
- ISBN
- 9780520247017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Through a series of interrelated case studies that span the entire continent, this work demonstrates how the everyday experiences of Europeans during these five years shaped the transition of their societies from war to peace. Editor(s): Kott, Sandrine; Romijn, Peter; Hoffmann, Julia; Wieviorka, Olivier. Series: NIOD Studies on War, Holocaust, and Genocide. Num Pages: 396 pages, 1 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089643780
- ISBN
- 9789089643780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Hardback. This is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group of students who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to attend American universities and played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736961
- ISBN
- 9780804736961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.49
€ 85.49
Hardback. Presses an understanding of the roles of women in public life and offers a history of urban America. This book also offers evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race, class, and political experience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095394
- ISBN
- 9780691095394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.47€ 62.46
€ 80.47
€ 62.46
Paperback. How developing a visual culture changed the industry of mining Series: Mining and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; HBTK; KNAT; RBGL; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 307 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874170078
- ISBN
- 9780874170078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.17
€ 39.17
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268647
- ISBN
- 9780520268647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
hardcover. The first accessible book to discuss all aspects of nuclear power to help combat climate change and lethal air pollution. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNQ; THK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108418225
- ISBN
- 9781108418225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.02
€ 85.02
Paperback. From 1918 into the early twenties, any African American who spoke out forcefully for their race-editors, union organizers, civil rights advocates, radical political activists, and Pan-Africanists - were likely to be investigated by a network of federal intelligence agencies. This title presents an account of this story. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213549
- ISBN
- 9780253213549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.04
€ 16.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 18 b/w photos & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339256
- ISBN
- 9780826339256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.37
€ 47.37
Paperback. Examines sculptural, photographic, and new media responses to the 9/11 attacks in both contemporary and historical contexts, considers the public's reaction to these visual productions, and suggests that earlier presentations of America at war play a pivotal role in the representations of 9/11 in both official and popular media. Num Pages: 224 pages, 41 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; JFC; JFD; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773535411
- ISBN
- 9780773535411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Paperback. Throughout the eighty-year period of tram transport (1873-1953), Birmingham grew appreciably as a city. Based on the Birmingham's twenty-eight tram routes in operation during 1937, this title takes readers on an illustrated variety of tram journeys, with places and points of interest being identified on the way. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752427874
- ISBN
- 9780752427874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
€ 19.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190945
- ISBN
- 9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.33
€ 54.33
Paperback. The American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of American Indians. This is an account of the events surrounding the scorched-earth campaign against the Iroquois of New York and the eastern territories in 1779. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756232
- ISBN
- 9780814756232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Hardcover. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory was a national issue that dominated America's press. This book offers a study of national media coverage devoted to the beleaguered territory, unearthing examples of what Americans were saying about Kansas and showing how those words affected the course of national events. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616121
- ISBN
- 9780700616121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Hardback. From tanks rumbling across battlefields to submarines, blitzed cities and D-Day, this extraordinary flap book takes young readers right into the action of the Second World War. Illustrator(s): Pritelli, Maria Cristina. Series: Usborne See Inside. Num Pages: 16 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 4KHF; YNH; YNJ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 277 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 16
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409523291
- ISBN
- 9781409523291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61