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History
Hardcover. Reconsidering Patricia Hearst's story, this book recreates the atmosphere of uncertainty of mid-1970s America. It paints a portrait of a nation confused and frightened by the upheavals of 1960s liberalism and beginning to tip over into what would become Reagan-era conservatism, with its invocations of individual responsibility and the heroic. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305226
- ISBN
- 9780226305226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardcover. Explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems - including money, standardized measurement, rhetoric, and haggling. This title links Greek political, economic, social, and intellectual history in different ways. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226405094
- ISBN
- 9780226405094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.16
€ 80.16
Hardcover. Exploring the theological framing of Republican leaders arrivals in Rome" Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472072224
- ISBN
- 9780472072224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.16
€ 120.16
Paperback. This book is the first to study the Roman public bathing experience primarily as a historical, social, and cultural phenomenon rather than a technological or architectural one. As a result, many issues are developed here that have to date been addressed only superficially. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472088652
- ISBN
- 9780472088652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.91
€ 60.91
Hardcover. Studies the effect of Rome's geographic worldview on its politics Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures. Num Pages: 266 pages, 56 illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472100965
- ISBN
- 9780472100965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.63€ 81.07
€ 89.63
€ 81.07
Hardcover. A sharp analysis of how Herodotus' narrative participates in the rhetoric of shaping public attitudes about the present Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472112036
- ISBN
- 9780472112036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.45
€ 120.45
Hardcover. A comparative consideration of the fascination with antiquity in European and Chinese intellectual history Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118182
- ISBN
- 9780472118182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.50€ 67.92
€ 74.50
€ 67.92
Hardcover. Examining the role of Athenian social memory in understanding the political climate in fourth-century Athens Num Pages: 424 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118328
- ISBN
- 9780472118328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.10€ 90.28
€ 100.10
€ 90.28
Hardcover. Explores a fundamental building block of Roman life Editor(s): McGinn, Thomas A. J. Series: Papers & Monographs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118434
- ISBN
- 9780472118434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.55
€ 108.55
Hardcover. A close look at Charlotte Salomon's fantastical autobiography "Life? or Theater?" and the way that German social history has omitted the stories of German Jewish women and suicide Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 412 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118557
- ISBN
- 9780472118557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.97€ 77.03
€ 84.97
€ 77.03
Hardcover. A unique volume that addresses how a thalassographic frame opens up new and important questions for the study of history Editor(s): Miller, Peter N. Series: The Bard Graduate Center Cultural Histories of the Material World. Num Pages: 312 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTM; PSPM; RBKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118670
- ISBN
- 9780472118670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.24
€ 96.24
Hardcover. An indispensable tool for serious work on the Roman Republic Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118694
- ISBN
- 9780472118694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.78
€ 103.78
Hardcover. Key reading for the discerning history buff or academic specialist Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118984
- ISBN
- 9780472118984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.32€ 72.98
€ 80.32
€ 72.98
Hardcover. Deeds not words: an extraordinary ordinary life Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC; HBT; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119035
- ISBN
- 9780472119035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.32€ 72.98
€ 80.32
€ 72.98
Hardcover. A cultural history of representations of Jesus in nineteenth-century European and American fiction and visual art Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119325
- ISBN
- 9780472119325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.32€ 72.98
€ 80.32
€ 72.98
Hardcover. Many American women were held captive during Japan's military offensive in the South Pacific. This book chronicles their harrowing experiences, with the author focusing on the internment camps to show how the women coped and how the experience changed them. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSPS; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610037
- ISBN
- 9780700610037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86€ 57.79
€ 62.86
€ 57.79
Hardcover. Adolf Hitler had high hopes for his conquest of Norway. Despite early successes, however, his ambitious Northern air campaign floundered and ultimately failed. Adam Claasen reveals the full story of this neglected episode and shows how it helped doom the Third Reich to defeat. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610501
- ISBN
- 9780700610501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86€ 57.79
€ 62.86
€ 57.79
Hardcover. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. His letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers. Editor(s): Palmer, Greg; Zaid, Mark S. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613564
- ISBN
- 9780700613564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86€ 57.82
€ 62.86
€ 57.82
Hardcover. Examines depictions of and by Catholics in American popular culture during the period between the Great Depression and the height of the Cold War. The author surveys the popular films, television, and photojournalism of the era that reimagined Catholicism Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617166
- ISBN
- 9780700617166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.69
€ 56.98
€ 52.69
Paperback. This volume explores a time of startling turbulence and change in the South. The author chronicles the myriad forces that turned the world southerners had known upside down in the post-war period. Topics include the civil rights movement, segregation, and school integration. Num Pages: 392 pages, 91 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848487
- ISBN
- 9780807848487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.67
€ 49.99
€ 46.67
Paperback. Exploring the cultural dimensions of the US contact with Haiti through a range of examples from the occupation and its aftermath, this text shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of Imperialism Num Pages: 432 pages, 30 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849385
- ISBN
- 9780807849385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.67
€ 49.99
€ 46.67
Paperback. Charles Carroll of Carrollton is most often remembered as the sole Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In this study of the Carrolls in Ireland and America, that act vindicates a family's determination to triumph without compromising lineage and faith. Num Pages: 464 pages, 21 illustrations, 7 maps, 4 tables, 1 figure, 6 genealogical charts, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3J; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853474
- ISBN
- 9780807853474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.67
€ 49.99
€ 46.67
Paperback. This work confronts the question of whether movies in the Eastern Bloc were propaganda or secretly veiled dissent. From the late 1960s East German films focused on everyday life, it could be said that filmmakers presented a static image to show an East Germany that accepted the GDR as it was. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illustrations, filmography, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; APFA; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853856
- ISBN
- 9780807853856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.02€ 58.88
€ 64.02
€ 58.88
Paperback. Surveying the vast diversity of foodways within the region and the collective qualities that make them distinctively southern, this volume marks the first encyclopedia of the food culture of the American South. It explore the richness of southern foodways, examining not only what southerners eat but also why they eat it. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858400
- ISBN
- 9780807858400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.63
€ 51.99
€ 43.63