Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Why did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620916
- ISBN
- 9780226620916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619514
- ISBN
- 9780226619514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.73
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.93
€ 70.93
Paperback. Originally published in 1897, this is Durkheim's pioneering attempt to offer a sociological explanation for a phenomenon regarded until then as exclusively psychological and individualistic. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 102 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415278317
- ISBN
- 9780415278317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.23
€ 24.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for supremacy. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199677870
- ISBN
- 9780199677870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728641
- ISBN
- 9780198728641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. First published in 1985, and now expanded and revised to include a new chapter on women, the book explores the social, political, economic, and intellectual currents that shaped 19th century Brazil and whose reverberations continue to be felt throughout contemporary Brazilian society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 map, 3 figures, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848401
- ISBN
- 9780807848401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.74
€ 52.74
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rizzoli Ex Libris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847842780
- ISBN
- 9780847842780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62
Paperback. Traces the experiences of Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II as they moved from rural to urban areas and sought better-paying jobs in industries. This title investigates the intervention by Mexico in the treatment of workers and Texas' emergence as a key site for negotiating the application of the Good Neighbor Policy. Series: Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 b&w photos, 8 tables, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJH; JFFJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603440974
- ISBN
- 9781603440974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.94
€ 34.94
Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993577
- ISBN
- 9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.07
€ 130.07
Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993584
- ISBN
- 9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Hardcover. This collection explores 'Gothic sf' from 1980-2010. Ranging across narrative media and across genres, taking in horror, sf, the Gothic, the New Weird and more, essays examine questions of genre, medical science, gender, biopower and capitalism. Editor(s): Wasson, Sara; Alder, Emily. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 219 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317071
- ISBN
- 9781846317071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.80
€ 171.80
Hardcover. Emily Bloom chronicles the emergence of the British Broadcasting Corporation as a significant promotional platform and aesthetic influence for Irish modernism from the 1930s to the 1960s. She situates the works of W.B. Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, Louis MacNeice, and Samuel Beckett in the context of the media environments that shaped their works. Series: Oxford Mid-Century Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; APW; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198749615
- ISBN
- 9780198749615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165103
- ISBN
- 9780691165103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8, 5 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HRAX; HRCX7; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453533
- ISBN
- 9780801453533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.29
€ 172.29
Hardback. Cristanne Miller's major edition of Dickinson's poems presents the 1,100 poems the poet retained during her lifetime, in the form she retained them. Dickinson took pains to copy these poems onto folded sheets in fair hand, arguably to preserve them for posterity. Included are Dickinson's alternate phrases and the editor's notes and Introduction. Editor(s): Miller, Christanne. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737969
- ISBN
- 9780674737969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.94
€ 48.99
€ 41.94
Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173795
- ISBN
- 9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159065
- ISBN
- 9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449215
- ISBN
- 9780801449215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41
€ 59.41
Paperback. As the man whose voice and style came to define pop music in the eighties and beyond, George Michael will forever be remembered as one of the all-time greats of British music. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786064561
- ISBN
- 9781786064561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813541761
- ISBN
- 9780813541761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.27
€ 51.27
Paperback. LGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. This book recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who understood their sexual liberation as intertwined with solidarity against imperialism, war, and racism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 259 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279063
- ISBN
- 9780520279063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.22
€ 33.99
€ 29.22
hardcover. LGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. This book recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who understood their sexual liberation as intertwined with solidarity against imperialism, war, and racism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- California University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279056
- ISBN
- 9780520279056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Paperback. Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. This book considers not just the men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form. Num Pages: 464 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272467
- ISBN
- 9780226272467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.12
€ 33.12