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Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century
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Eric Hobsbawm, who passed away in 2012, was one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age. Through his work, he observed the great twentieth-century confrontation between bourgeois...
100 20th-Century Shops
Author: Twentieth Century Society Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A showcase of Britain's most significant shops throughout the twentieth century and beyond. 100 20th-Century Shops is a fascinating insight...
100 20th-Century Buildings
A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, from the country's leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture.This fascinating...
Twentieth-Century France: Politics and Society 1898-1991
Originally published as "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title.Two substantial additional chapters have been incorporated...
War And Social Change In The Twentieth Century: A Comparative Study Of Britain, France, Germany, Russia And The United States
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. fep clipped. Few forces in modern history have reshaped the fabric of society as profoundly...
The Invention of Design: A Twentieth-Century History
Author: Maggie Gram Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A critical history of the idea of design-and its utopian promise Design has penetrated every dimension of contemporary society, from classrooms...
The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth
As garment workers, longshoremen, autoworkers, sharecroppers and clerks took to the streets, striking and organizing unions in the midst of the Depression, artists, writers and filmmakers joined the insurgent social...
The Class Structure Of The Advanced Societies
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most ambitious and rigorous works of social theory produced in the twentieth...
Britain In Transition: The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rigorous work of modern British history, Britain in Transition: The Twentieth Century chronicles...
Structure Of American Life
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of sociology and anthropology stands Structure of American Life, a landmark work that dissects the complex architecture...
Social Change And National Consciousness In Twentieth-Century Ukraine
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue residue on board, otherwise internally sound.In the turbulent landscape of twentieth-century Eastern Europe, few nations endured as dramatic a transformation as...
The Writer In The Modern World: An Anthology Of Twentieth Century Prose
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or price tags visible. A landmark anthology of twentieth-century prose, The...
A History Of The Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900-1933
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Author: Martin GilbertBinding: PaperbackPublished: HarperCollins PublishersCondition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive historical account meticulously chronicles the tumultuous opening decades of the...
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond
This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover...
Women in the Twentieth Century
The 20th century has seen massive changes technologically, socially and in virtually every sphere of life. One of the most marked changes, however, has been the position of women in...
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
A controversial, timely intervention in world affairs from one of the most acclaimed historians of the twentieth century **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A sort of survival book, a sort of...
The History Of Australia: The Twentieth Century
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Author: Russel WardBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe History Of Australia: The Twentieth Century chronicles the pivotal events and transformations...
The Doukhobors Of British Columbia
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Edition: First printingCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed, some tanning to pages. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages...
Towards 2000
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat kind of world are we truly building, and who gets to decide? In Towards 2000, Raymond Williams, one of the twentieth...
Culture And Society 1780-1950
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most consequential works of cultural criticism produced in the twentieth century, Raymond Williams's Culture and...
The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Essays
Woolf, Eliot, Lawrence, Huxley, Orwell, Green, Mailer and Updike are some of the luminaries providing commentary on the most turbulent events and political movements of the 20th century in this...
Manila, 1900-1941: Social Change In A Late Colonial Metropolis
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the first four decades of the twentieth century, Manila was a city in transformation —...
"& Co"
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the bustling textile towns of early twentieth-century France, one family's relentless ambition to build...
The Twenties
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Author: Alan JenkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Peerage Books., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chips and bumps to edges of DJ, minor yellowing...
Collins History of the World in Twentieth Century
The 20th century is the century of communism and fascism, of debt and prosperity, of the United Nations and nationalistic fervour, of mass demonstrations and individual defiance; and also of...
Journey Into The Future
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Condition remarks: Condition: Poor. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing throughout. Markings: Previous owner markings possible on interior pages. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn, book...
Twentieth Century History 1945-2000
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The Wine Revolution In France: The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew agricultural transformations reshaped a nation's identity as profoundly as the radical modernisation of French viticulture across the twentieth century — a story that...
A Social History of Twentieth Century Russia
Vladimir Andrle's study of Russian history shifts the focus of historical understanding from political leaders and their ideologies to the interactions of the State with the various social strata and...
Across The Years: Twentieth Century Memories
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Author: Margaret Heathorn O.A.M., Shirley Stonham, And Cynthia Schultz Ph.D.Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Spectrum, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling...
The Fed: A History Of The South Wales Miners In The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis monumental work, The Fed: A History Of The South Wales Miners In The Twentieth Century, chronicles the tumultuous journey...
Irish Days: Oral Histories of the Twentieth Century
This work is a record of Ireland's culture and traditions. It details the reminiscences of great lives and provides a fascinating insight into memories of evictions, the Black and Tans,...
Vienna: The Image Of A Culture In Decline
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Edition: reprint of the 1938 EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: worn/faded, no tears. The hardcover binding solid and intact with minimal visible wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings....
No Place Of Grace: Antimodernism And The Transformation Of American Culture 1880-1920
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the turn of the twentieth century,...
Writers And Society In Contemporary Italy: A Collection Of Essays
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A scholarly collection of critical essays, Writers...
A History of the Twentieth Century: v. 1: 1900-33
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Martin Gilbert Format: Paperback...
An Edwardian Youth
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pages & binding clean. A charming work of autobiographical memoir, An Edwardian Youth chronicles...
After The First Hundred Years
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens to a society after it has survived its first century of existence? After the First Hundred Years chronicles the sweeping transformations of...
Modernism's History: A Study in Twentieth-Century Art and Ideas
The history of twentieth-century visual arts can no longer be written as a succession of avant-garde movements, contends eminent art historian Bernard Smith in this stimulating book. He argues that...
The Twenties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A landmark work of American literary memoir, The Twenties...
Children's World: Growing Up in Russia, 1890-1991
A pioneering history of the experiences of children during Russia's most disrupted century How a country views its children reveals a great deal about that country. This landmark history of...