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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Compares and contrasts the historical course of Britain and America, exploring the significance of their similarities and differences over a period of two centuries. This book includes wide-ranging analyses of such issues as industrialization and urbanization, democracy and politics. Editor(s): Englander, David. Series: Open University. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBTB; JP; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300069785
ISBN
9780300069785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

hardcover. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JNAM; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040870
ISBN
9780252040870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.10

Paperback. On August 18, 1775 a black man was hanged and burned to oblivion. For nearly 235 years, the man and his story have remained obscure. By looking at the world of this free African American harbor pilot, the narrative of American Revolution takes on a different dimension. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 b/w halftones, 1 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199922871
ISBN
9780199922871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199874057
ISBN
9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Paperback. Devices of Curiosity excavates a largely unknown genre of early cinema, the popular-science film. Primarily a work of cinema history, it also draws on the insights of the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 114 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJC; APF; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199860708
ISBN
9780199860708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688012
ISBN
9780199688012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.17

Paperback. The centenary of the start of World War One in 1914 provides an opportunity to assess the role and impact of conflict in the history of the last century, and also to consider how warfare has changed. A Century of Conflict offers a clear, global study of these topics that is both conceptually and methodologically up to date. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199372324
ISBN
9780199372324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.26

Paperback. Examines the contemporary academy by connecting its discipline-based structure with its burgeoning interdisciplinary focus. Editor(s): Aldrich, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; GP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199331352
ISBN
9780199331352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

hardcover. Helena Taylor explores responses to the life of the ancient Roman poet, Ovid, within the charged atmosphere of seventeenth-century France. She investigates how the figure of Ovid was used to debate literary taste and modernity, and in doing so offers a fresh perspective on classical reception: its paradoxes, uses, and quarrels. Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198796770
ISBN
9780198796770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.82

hardcover. Addresses the pitfalls of border drawing in post-WWI Europe, arguing that at international and local levels, the 'temptation of violence' made national self-determination problematic, as local elites, administrations, and paramilitary leaders used ethnic notions of identity to mobilise popular support under a guise of international legitimacy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press(UK) United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198777847
ISBN
9780198777847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.83

Hardcover. This book surveys the phenomenon of Renaissance verse libel and provides carefully edited texts of fifty-two of these insulting manuscript poems, most of them made available here for the first time. Difficult and unusual words in these poems are glossed, while the commentary explains who is being attacked and why. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198739210
ISBN
9780198739210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.63

Hardcover. Taking his title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, a huge success in London, New York, and around the English-speaking world, David Vincent explores the worlds of privacy and celebrity in nineteenth-century Britain, examining debates about mass communication and state surveillance that link to today's concerns. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 black and white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198725039
ISBN
9780198725039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

hardcover. Freeman was an idiosyncratic and imaginative polymath who saw past and present as interwoven and had a gift for bringing history alive. A colourful and outspoken Victorian, he provides a historical context for current debates on multi-culturalism, race, and national identity. This volume fills an important gap in the history of Victorian thought. Editor(s): Bremner, G. A.; Conlin, Jonathan. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265871
ISBN
9780197265871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.01

Hardback. The censuses from the first half of the nineteenth century provided invaluable information about English economy and society. This new edition corrects earlier errors and omissions, in particular to make good the failure to record men in the armed forces and at sea. An accompanying CD contains the largest data tables. Editor(s): Wrigley, E. A. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264799
ISBN
9780197264799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.96

Hardcover. This collection of essays provides a unique statement of the latest thinking from internationally acclaimed political theorists and intellectual historians on the ways in which the intellectual history and political thought of modern Britain have been saturated with imperial concerns. Editor(s): Kelly, Duncan. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264393
ISBN
9780197264393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.36

paperback. Malcolm X at Oxford Union tells one of the great unknown stories from the Civil Rights era, capturing the powerful oratorical gifts of Malcolm X and the changing world of racial politics - all from the vantage point of an old debate hall on the campus of Oxford in 1964. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JJPK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190640835
ISBN
9780190640835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.94

paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 283 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP US United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250003
ISBN
9780190250003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback. In The Allure of Order, Mehta recounts a century of attempts at revitalizing public education, and puts forward a truly new agenda to reach this elusive goal. Over and over again, outsiders have been fascinated by the promise of scientific management and have attempted to apply principles of rational administration from above. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 figures and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190231453
ISBN
9780190231453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.82

paperback. Translator(s): Starr, Mirabai. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Riverhead Books,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
9781594480058
ISBN
9781594480058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
IG PUBLISHING
Condition
New
SKU
9780970312594
ISBN
9780970312594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

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