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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Seeks to understand why, with its seemingly unrivaled power, the Tokugawa shogunate of early modern Japan tried so hard to regulate the ostensibly unimportant popular culture of Edo (present-day Tokyo) - including fashion, leisure activities, prints, and theater. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226060569
ISBN
9780226060569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.90

Hardcover. Britain's conduct for World War I was based upon international coalitions, particularly her partnership with France, and her primary goal was its preservation. Drawing on archive material, this work shows how the "Salonika campaign" seriously threatened this relationship. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DV; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860641121
ISBN
9781860641121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.79
€ 131.04

Paperback. In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. This title examines the role of the state in the adjustment process. Editor(s): Haggard, Stephan; Kaufman, Robert R. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003948
ISBN
9780691003948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.29
€ 53.10

Hardback. Lamberti (history, Middlebury College) examines the culture wars that took place in 1920s and 1930s Germany over issues in education. She describes how innovative educators attempted to reform the stratified educational system to foster democracy and social justice. She also shows the relationship b Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812988
ISBN
9781571812988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.31

Paperback. Arguing that teachers in elementary schools in the big cities of Imperial Germany were in the vanguard of this movement on the European Continent, this narrative sheds new light on the opposition by progressive educators to the Nazi seizure of power. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812995
ISBN
9781571812995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; JNA; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621906
ISBN
9780691621906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.98

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJC; HBJD; JNB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648736
ISBN
9780691648736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.26

paperback. Exploring the links between Senator Hubert Humphrey's policies on racial justice and economic reform, Thurber investigates Humphrey's legislative agenda in the context of the tensions between the class-based politics of the New Deal to which Humphrey wished the party to return and the rights-based politics that eventually came to dominate the Democratic platform. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110471
ISBN
9780231110471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.69

Paperback. Examines how one of imperial Austria's principal ethnic conflicts, that between Czechs and Germans, developed in one of the major cities during the era of industrialization and urban growth. This book shows how the inhabitants of Prague, constructed ethnic group loyalties and social solidarities over the course of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVKC; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534040
ISBN
9781557534040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.74

hardcover. The book gives an original and accessible discussion of an era of educational expansion, exploring the transformation of Irish education in the 1960s and early 1970s. The work sheds new light on the crucial role of international organisations in stimulating change in Irish educational policy. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078521
ISBN
9780719078521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.58

paperback. The book gives an original and accessible discussion of an era of educational expansion, exploring the transformation of Irish education in the 1960s and early 1970s. The work sheds new light on the crucial role of international organisations in stimulating change in Irish educational policy. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079863
ISBN
9780719079863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.28

Hardcover. This volume investigates the policies and politics of extreme austerity, setting the crisis in Greece in its global context. Featuring multidisciplinary contributions and an exclusive interview with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, this is the first comprehensive account of the economic crisis at the heart of Europe. Editor(s): Karyotis, Georgios; Gerodimos, Roman. Series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JMC; JKSB; JPB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137369222
ISBN
9781137369222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.45

Paperback. Provides an understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. This work offers a comparison of East Central European gender relations with those of western welfare states. It examines how states and political-economic processes are gendered, and how states and markets regulate gender relations. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; JFSJ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048949
ISBN
9780691048949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.53

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
East European Monographs
Edition
third revised and updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337113
ISBN
9780880337113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.18
€ 112.41

Hardback. Explains the process and outcome of reforms to the tasks and structure of the German Bundeswehr, demonstrating, in contrast to previous approaches, how the domestic political context and material factors were of crucial importance, despite adaptational pressures from the EU and NATO. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPQB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453923
ISBN
9781845453923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.70

Hardcover. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. 278 pages, map. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105560
ISBN
9780230105560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.41

Paperback. This text analyzes the socio-economic and political forces that explain the federal health policies of the US from 1980 to 1992. It discusses the major political and social forces responsible for the public policies of successive US administrations, with particular emphasis on health policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKS; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863188
ISBN
9781557863188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.05

Paperback. Examines the changing representations of "home" in 20th-century English literature. The text argues that literary allegiances are always more complicated than expected and yet curiously visible in textual reformulations of "home". Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220126
ISBN
9780520220126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. Situates liberalism in the convulsive 1960s and illuminates the challenges that face liberalism. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 101 x 32. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134758
ISBN
9780691134758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.83
€ 43.11