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Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233355
- ISBN
- 9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.65€ 64.59
€ 83.65
€ 64.59
Hardback. A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208528
- ISBN
- 9780300208528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.20
€ 36.99
€ 27.20
Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453381
- ISBN
- 9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.30
€ 164.30
Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205086
- ISBN
- 9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Hardback. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Publication date
- 1963
- SKU
- KEX0269710
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Hardcover. This book breaks new ground in the historiography of Mexico during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz by subjecting to detailed analysis the traditional belief that the ideology of the intellectual/political elite known as 'the scientists' was grounded in the philosophical ideas of Herbert Spencer. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382561
- ISBN
- 9781781382561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Hardback. 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0774 - 124pp. - Writers and readers, London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Writers and readers London
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- SKU
- KCK0002708
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806541
- ISBN
- 9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.09
€ 112.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 41. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Zena Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951106969
- ISBN
- 9780951106969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- World Dominion Press
- Publication date
- 1936
- SKU
- KLN0004986
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "104p. illus. 25cm. Paperback. Near-fine copy, just light sunning to spine and bottom edge." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- World Dominion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1936
- SKU
- KEX0108079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 93.12€ 4.99
€ 93.12
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Africa@War. Num Pages: 64 pages, 90 b/w & 10 colour photos, 10 tables, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1H; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 297 x 6. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911096320
- ISBN
- 9781911096320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.96
€ 26.99
€ 19.96
Paperback. 170pp. 8vo. A good copy in original wrappers .Mozambique. African history in the 20th century.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- The Unesco Press Paris
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0270169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000958
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 232 pp. Bright orange cover. Includes illustrated maps. Preface by Basil Davidson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Druckerer Horst Ahlbrecht
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- SKU
- KNW0000959
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Portugal is a country that has sometimes been dismissed as small and relatively unimportant. This title demonstrates that the contrary is true, showing that Portugal has been crucial to the development of Europe and the modern world. It offers a fresh appraisal of Portuguese history and its role in the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895196
- ISBN
- 9781861895196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.32
€ 42.32
Paperback. Africa. 240 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Penguin Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 240 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Penguin Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 240 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000998
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99