Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. From the Mormon Wars to the Border Wars to gangs of Bald Knobbers and Bushwhackers, Missouri's reign of vigilante justice during the nineteenth century is unparalleled by any other state in the nation. This book chronicles the implications of vigilantism in Missouri. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982812
- ISBN
- 9781883982812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.58
€ 25.99
€ 23.58
Hardback. Fifty years ago, the post-World War II population boom produced a flood of new college students across the US. In St Louis County alone, the demand for higher education increased fivefold, and the State of Missouri responded. This book offers us a photographic history of the University of Missouri - St Louis. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJP; 3JM; AJC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982775
- ISBN
- 9781883982775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.93
€ 35.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. Sterling Price began his career as commander of the Missouri State Guard, then served as a major general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Because of his early conditional unionism - he was for the Union, but not to the extent of suppressing the rights of individual states - Price was not completely trusted in Missouri. Editor(s): Schultz, Robert G. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982683
- ISBN
- 9781883982683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.58
€ 25.99
€ 23.58
hardcover. In the 1950s, C W Snedden, owner of the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner", used his newspaper to crusade for statehood and the development of Alaska and its resources, particularly North Slope oil and gas. This book tells the story of how an independent news-paper publisher played a pivotal role in the making of modern Alaska. Num Pages: 350 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Foundation United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883309060
- ISBN
- 9781883309060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.21
€ 33.99
€ 31.21
Hardcover. Historian G. H. Bennett pieces together the forgotten story of a wartime German road-building project, which exterminated numerous Jewish and other lives. A moving and sometimes horrifying chronicle of suffering and deprivation, this book retells an important episode in the history of World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899095
- ISBN
- 9781861899095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Hardcover. Lords of the Sea is an engrossing tale of piracy, maritime conquest, slavery and exploration that details the history of the Barbary corsairs. Jamieson artfully explains how these Muslim corsairs from the Ottoman Turkish empire captured Christian ships for centuries. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3J; HBJH; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899071
- ISBN
- 9781861899071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898135
- ISBN
- 9781861898135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. Though more than sixty years have passed since the signing of the proclamation of the State of Israel, the impact of that epochal event continues to shape the political policies and public opinion of not only the Middle East but much of the world. This book is suitable for those seeking a balanced understanding of this enduring struggle. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895271
- ISBN
- 9781861895271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
hardcover. When explorers and artists travelled to new lands in the early modern period, the exotic plants and animals that they encountered often seemed strange and outlandish. This title examines how these artists grappled with the problems of representing unfamiliar flora and fauna. Num Pages: 248 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACN; AGN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894373
- ISBN
- 9781861894373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Paperback. The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world's attention towards the island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point. The author provides this with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894021
- ISBN
- 9781861894021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.12
€ 34.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893130
- ISBN
- 9781861893130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.68
€ 32.68
Hardcover. The French Revolution was marked by a wealth of imagery and visual symbolism that inspired the masses to fight for freedom. This book surveys the rich and multifaceted visual culture of this time, exploring its creation and how it conveyed the new revolutionary sensibilities of the era. Translator(s): Attwood, Corinne. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 156 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; ACQH; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893123
- ISBN
- 9781861893123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42
€ 59.42
Paperback. Explains and evaluates the historic and political roots of conflicts in South Asia in a systematic and thematic way. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892577
- ISBN
- 9781861892577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.71
€ 33.71
Paperback. Economic theory in modern times imagines a giant clockwork of events, with economists attempting to find the perfect mathematical model of a mechanical movement. This book offers a fresh synthesis of economic history and theory. It may also interest the general reader looking for an impartial description of the state of the global economy. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892423
- ISBN
- 9781861892423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.20
€ 33.20
Paperback. Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with the isolated Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive curtain also lies a little known and slowly expanding world of art. This book explores the role of art in North Korea. Num Pages: 192 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJ; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892362
- ISBN
- 9781861892362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.69
€ 46.69
Paperback. In this work, Nancy Stepan explores the ways in which the Tropics, in particular tropical nature, places, animals and people, were imagined and presented in European culture from the 19th century on. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 89 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AB; HBTB; JFC; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891464
- ISBN
- 9781861891464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.35
€ 35.35
Paperback. An architectural and social history that covers the globe from the 1830s to the 1930s, and also takes note of the most the refurbishments. It explores different aspects of this all-but-vanished world of opulence, from the entrepreneurs, architects and designers who made it possible to the ambitious individuals and dynasties that kept it going. Num Pages: 304 pages, 184 black & white illustrations, 216 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AMC; AMK; HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891211
- ISBN
- 9781861891211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. In this title, the author thinks about what constitutes identity in present-day Europe. Looking at people and cities from the periphery, he tries to discover an "archaeology of streets and faces" which could bring him closer to himself. Translator(s): Vincent, Paul. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; JFC; JFSG; JHBA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890931
- ISBN
- 9781861890931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.57
€ 36.57
paperback. As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities. This book argues that airspace - that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel - must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AMG; JFC; JHBA; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890900
- ISBN
- 9781861890900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
hardcover. Provides an account of the mapping of the United States from its colonial origins to 1900. Many of the significant maps and mapmakers are discussed in a chronological narrative that begins with the first European mappings of the New Netherlands and concludes with the McNally atlases of the 1890s. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTP; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890863
- ISBN
- 9781861890863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.19
€ 47.19