Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
hardcover. A study of British history from 1945 to 1989, examining the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the ethic of Thatcherism. The author examines the paradoxes of modern life in Britain: growing prosperity and peace, coupled with disillusion and discontent. Num Pages: 572 pages, 32 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1138. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037548
- ISBN
- 9780198227649
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037174
- ISBN
- 9780226068633
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This 1995 book explores the acts of iconoclasm as the means to recover the participation of ordinary Christians in the Reformation. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037024
- ISBN
- 9780521472227
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The period between Burke's last years and the generation of Yeats and Joyce was a critical force in the development of modernist literature in the origins of Protestant Ascendancy ideology. This study uncovers the origins of Ascendancy and traces its cultural significance by means of a series of detailed critiques of central texts and concepts. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037012
- ISBN
- 9780198128069
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. A study of the debate that began as modern science separated itself from natural philosophy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book explores the two dominant approaches to causation, as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem. Classical discussions of causation are also combined with recent thinking on the topic. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036683
- ISBN
- 9780415914772
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The author argues that the global violence of this century is the consequence of the rapid process of westernization and the traumas this has caused to countries suddenly forced to "catch up" with Europe. Num Pages: 418 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; GTJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038236
- ISBN
- 9780195049077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. A work which places Faraday and his innovative science in the context of the Sandemanians, the small Christian sect to which he belonged. His allegiance to this obscure fundamentalist sect was the foundation of both his social and political views and many aspects of his science. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BG; HRCC99; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038216
- ISBN
- 9780333588024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This Companion volume provides an examination of all aspects of Smith's thought. Editor(s): Haakonssen, Knud. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HPCD; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038215
- ISBN
- 9780521779241
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. An examination of The Troubles in Northern Ireland which sets out to unravel the mystery of a conflict involving informers, agents and double agents. It offers evidence of the way in which the terrorists and the intelligence agencies target, undermine and penetrate each other's ranks. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPSH; JPWL; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038203
- ISBN
- 9780099845201
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLH. Weight in Grams: 673. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037913
- ISBN
- 9780521202053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. Editor(s): Rousseau, George Sebastian; Porter, Roy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037906
- ISBN
- 9780521225991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JH; PDX; UBJ; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037804
- ISBN
- 9780804738712
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The human sciences,including psychology, anthropology and social theory, are widely held to have been born during the 18th century. This study of the Enlightenment sciences of humans explores the sources, context and effects of this major intellectual development. Editor(s): Fox, Christopher; Porter, Roy; Wokler, Robert. Num Pages: 357 pages, 5 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; JM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, lacking dj, showing a little age and wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- California University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037743
- ISBN
- 9780520200104
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna. Num Pages: 626 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 971. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001178
- ISBN
- 9780521470537
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Tracks the growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Biblereading public. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, this book attempts to prove that geology's success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001173
- ISBN
- 9780226616681
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. The author uses the story of "Vestiges" to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the view of its readers. Num Pages: 644 pages, 155 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 970. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001170
- ISBN
- 9780226744100
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Today, the moving image is ubiquitous in global contemporary art. This book tells the story of the postwar expanded cinema. It travels back to the 1950s and 1960s when the rise of television caused movie theaters to lose their monopoly over the moving image, leading cinema to be installed directly alongside other forms of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKV; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226842998
- ISBN
- 9780226842998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.24
€ 32.99
€ 25.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCN; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813144781
- ISBN
- 9789813144781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14
€ 65.14
paperback. Deals comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. This book explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image. It details the inner workings of a government-supported fashion institute and an organization established to help aryanize the German fashion world. Series: Dress, Body, Culture. Num Pages: 542 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFCK; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859737170
- ISBN
- 9781859737170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.83
€ 48.99
€ 41.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826495778
- ISBN
- 9780826495778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. An overview of sex education films in the context of American culture, from 1914 to the present. The author demonstrates how film and video used for sex education have provided a complex ideological framework in which questions of sexuality, gender, and race are foregrounded. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813526379
- ISBN
- 9780813526379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.68
€ 56.68
paperback. Under the leadership of Clement Attlee, the Labour governments of 1945-1951 presided over major changes both at home and abroad. In this volume, Kevin Jeffreys examines the Attlee governments' performance, the impact at the time and the course they set for subsequent administrations. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP; YQN. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 187 x 215 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582061057
- ISBN
- 9780582061057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.29
€ 61.29
Paperback. A revealing look at the complicated and continual negotiation between the Cuban state and society over the meaning of socialism Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; JFSL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052615
- ISBN
- 9780472052615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.68
€ 54.68
Paperback. Series: History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; CFB; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299302740
- ISBN
- 9780299302740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87