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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Six remarkable churches built by Nicholas Hawksmoor from 1712 to 1731 still stand in London. This work examines these designs as a coherent whole - a single masterpiece reflecting Hawksmoor's design principles and his desire to reconnect architecturally with pure Christianity. Num Pages: 180 pages, 11 colour plates, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; AMB; AMN; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226173030
ISBN
9780226173030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226337098
ISBN
9780226337098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12
€ 46.59

Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238503
ISBN
9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.04

Paperback. The Volksjager was an interceptor cheaply manufactured for Germany s final stand. For aviation and World War II enthusiasts, this study explores the operational history of the He 162." Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 b/w; 19 col. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 247 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472814579
ISBN
9781472814579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Explores the construction and representation of masculinity in low-budget western movies made from the 1930s to the early 1950s. This book argues that the masculinity offered by these films is less one-dimensional than it is plural, perhaps contrary to expectations. It is of interest to scholars in film studies and gender studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APFN; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554580590
ISBN
9781554580590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, over 190 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JFCK; JWTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 311 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313875
ISBN
9780764313875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.79
€ 70.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1494.
Publisher
Naval & Military Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843425137
ISBN
9781843425137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 47.52

Hardcover. An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became regarded as objects of wider significance. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222052
ISBN
9780230222052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.99
€ 84.89

Hardback. Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785782107
ISBN
9781785782107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. Set against a backdrop of war and revolution, this book brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRLP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774814003
ISBN
9780774814003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.05

Hardback. Traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, this book illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 halftones, 7 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226779355
ISBN
9780226779355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 44.10

Paperback. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This book broadens the discussion of nationalism to include both ideological and biological factors. It explores the social, demographic, psychological and medical impact of the Great War on the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695898
ISBN
9780748695898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Hardcover. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This title also explores how, during the First World War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation as a community, and at the same time attempted to exclude certain groups from that nation. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748665785
ISBN
9780748665785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.84

Paperback. British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
New in paperback
SKU
V9780719069758
ISBN
9780719069758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.28

Hardcover. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137328137
ISBN
9781137328137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.22

Hardback. Health and Humanity is a comprehensive account of the ways that JHSPH has influenced the practice, pedagogy, and especially our very understanding of public health on both global and local scales. Num Pages: 544 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JNB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421087
ISBN
9781421421087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; HBTB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597144
ISBN
9781137597144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.07

hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JHMC; KCP; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023728
ISBN
9780253023728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JHMC; KCP; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023827
ISBN
9780253023827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226102191
ISBN
9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. A century of developing health culture in McLean County, Illinois Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252075544
ISBN
9780252075544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JPW; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816676514
ISBN
9780816676514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. The period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment constitutes a vital phase in the history of European medicine. This volume contains a selection of classical writing and up-to-date research in the field, and extracts from contemporary sources. Editor(s): Elmer, Peter (Senior Lecturer in History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Open University); Grell, Ole Peter (Lecturer in Early Modern History, Open University). Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; DN; HBTB; JFCX; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719067372
ISBN
9780719067372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.75

Hardback. During the First World War many sportsmen exchanged their sports field for the battlefield, switched their equipment for firearms. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 1DBKESF; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967716
ISBN
9780750967716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

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