Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao in 1976, emerging almost out of nowhere following an unexceptional career in Shanxi and Hunan. In just over two years, Hua had been eclipsed by Deng Xiaoping, a more politically shrewd, progressive and charismatic figure. If Hua's rise to power was remarkable, then this fall was even more so. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542471
- ISBN
- 9780230542471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.84€ 47.85
€ 50.84
€ 47.85
Paperback. Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588664
- ISBN
- 9780199588664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631370
- ISBN
- 9781629631370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.89
€ 15.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408886366
- ISBN
- 9781408886366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.18
€ 18.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040226
- ISBN
- 9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other. Num Pages: 752 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027480
- ISBN
- 9780674027480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.64
€ 33.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449345
- ISBN
- 9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.88
€ 143.88
Sheet map. In Scotland, the spirit of industry that swept through the nineteenth century was strongest in Glasgow - but Edinburgh emerged as a cultural capital, becoming known as the Athens of the North. This title captures Edinburgh as her reputation as a centre of finance and the arts was flourishing. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402189
- ISBN
- 9781908402189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.98
€ 10.98
Sheet map. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402202
- ISBN
- 9781908402202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Paperback. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author returns with a compelling story of love and family from the present day to World War II France Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JMG; FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- ePub edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008151324
- ISBN
- 9780008151324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.63
€ 11.99
€ 9.63
Sheet map.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 1
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Map
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402554
- ISBN
- 9781908402554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Hardcover. Brings the particular perspective of the geographer to the theme of 'colonial/early modern' (c. 1550 - c.1750) Ireland. Num Pages: 760 pages, maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 253 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183977
- ISBN
- 9781859183977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 44.43
€ 69.00
€ 44.43
Paperback. In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science. Num Pages: 474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184883
- ISBN
- 9780226184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.02
€ 42.99
€ 33.02
Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232693
- ISBN
- 9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.05€ 62.04
€ 80.05
€ 62.04
Hardcover. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536. New Worlds in Print Culture. Series: History of Text Technologies. 296 pages, Illustrations. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 1K; 3JB; AFH; HBTP. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620292
- ISBN
- 9780230620292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.95
€ 101.95
Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728882
- ISBN
- 9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.57€ 54.19
€ 58.57
€ 54.19
Hardback. In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. This title charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740683
- ISBN
- 9780226740683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.20€ 75.68
€ 90.20
€ 75.68
Paperback. In the 19th century, Americans began to use maps in extraordinary new ways. Medical men mapped diseases to understand epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate to uncover weather patterns, and Northerners created slave maps to assess the power of the South. This book charts how thematic maps demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103969
- ISBN
- 9780226103969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.55
€ 35.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. * This is an original and engaging account of the ways in which the discovery of the new world altered the world-view of Europeans during the Renaissance* The author is one of the best young historians in France today. . Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; BG; RGR; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611471
- ISBN
- 9780745611471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Hardcover. Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1544.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008136581
- ISBN
- 9780008136581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.72
€ 37.99
€ 27.72
Hardcover. This book will tell a global story of the most turbulent century in history through its most powerful and important object: the map. Editor(s): Harper, Tom. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712356626
- ISBN
- 9780712356626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Hardcover. This study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space. It examines the construction of social and political space in maps, cosmography and geography, historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779330
- ISBN
- 9780333779330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.17€ 28.14
€ 157.17
€ 28.14
Hardback. This work presents a biography of the artist Marc Chagall in dialogue with events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses different aspects of his life (1889-1985) including his roots in folk culture, his personal relationships and his inerests. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 201 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742139
- ISBN
- 9780804742139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.84
€ 107.84
Hardcover. A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered the First World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393292084
- ISBN
- 9780393292084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.98
€ 29.99
€ 24.98