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The Age of Expansion, 1848-1917
by Cunliffe, Marcus
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0877790604
- ISBN 13
- 9780877790600
- Seller
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About This Item
Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. G. & C. Merriam Co, 1974. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket in Mylar Cover. 16 pages of full color illustration plates, 8 maps and 90 b/w illustrations. Binding of full grey cloth with gilt titles, clean and unmarked, tight and solid and square. Internals very clean, no underlining, no highlighting, no marginalia, no creases. Jacket is clean and unmarked, clipped, with chipping and small tears around spine ends, tear to lower rear edge. Focuses on three major themes of the age: the transforming element of technology; the effect of the population explosion; and nationalism, the major ideological force for change in the 1800s. 336 pages including Bibliography, Chronological Tables, and Index. 9.75" x 7". Publisher: G & C Merriam, Springfield, MA 1974.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012876
- Title
- The Age of Expansion, 1848-1917
- Author
- Cunliffe, Marcus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877790604
- ISBN 13
- 9780877790600
- Publisher
- G. & C. Merriam Co
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, MA
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- HISTORY-19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES; WESTERN CIVILIZATION; EUROPE, HISTORY; AUSTRIA; GERMAN EMPIRE; BRITISH IMPERIALISM; FRANCE; ANARCHISM; DENMARK' SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY, RUSSIAM AFGHANISTAN, UNITED STATES, CIVIL WAR;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Western Civilization;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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