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Hardback. From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, this title traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. It looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151489
ISBN
9780691151489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Hardback. Founding Friends is a history of day-to-day life inside the Friends Asylum for the Insane in early nineteenth-century Philadelphia. By building on an extraordinarily rich data source-the daily diaries that the asylum's lay superintendents kept between 1814 and 1850-this book offers a new perspective on institutional life. Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611460353
ISBN
9781611460353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Hardcover. A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, this work traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) through Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that shaped England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318325
ISBN
9780820318325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 350 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 248 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
National Geographic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426211751
ISBN
9781426211751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.73

Hardback. Analyzes the establishment, growth, and operations of both commercial and municipal corporations in the nation's premier city, Philadelphia. This work argues that corporations helped to generate the relatively diffuse prosperity of the early national period. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803692
ISBN
9780875803692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

Paperback. The political decisions made by the founding fathers were crucial to the success of the early republic. This title explores these economic choices and their profound influence on American life, westward expansion, and influence abroad. Editor(s): Irwin, Douglas A.; Sylla, Richard. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226384757
ISBN
9780226384757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Hardcover. The political decisions made by the founding fathers were crucial to the success of the early republic. This title explores these economic choices and their profound influence on American life, westward expansion, and influence abroad. Editor(s): Irwin, Douglas A.; Sylla, Richard. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226384740
ISBN
9780226384740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.23
€ 115.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198090571
ISBN
9780198090571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 pages glossy color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465032945
ISBN
9780465032945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8-pg B/W on regular stock. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465040018
ISBN
9780465040018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Hardback. Editor(s): Dreisbach, Daniel L.; Hall, Mark David; Morrison, Jeffry H. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522787
ISBN
9780742522787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.97

Hardback. Editor(s): Oliver, John W., Jr.; Cherry, Charles L.; Cherry, Caroline L. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC97; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858183
ISBN
9780810858183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616. The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power. 368 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 28. Weight: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146289
ISBN
9780231146289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146296
ISBN
9780231146296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. Presents the story of how a handful of young women radically changed British education by following the philosophy of the German educationalist, Friedrich Froebel. Their efforts also led to the foundation of the Kindergarten Movement in Britain. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718828356
ISBN
9780718828356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.31

Hardback. This study defies the conventional wisdom that the 17th century gave birth to the political and economic forces that culminated in the Industrial Revolution, claiming instead that earlier reformers, such as More and Fortescue, laid the groundwork by fashioning an economic conception of state. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520081451
ISBN
9780520081451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.41

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Emil Reich. vii, 1 B., 262 p. 21 cm. Original cloth. A good copy. Some wear to the spine. Pages untrimmed."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
B. Bell and sons
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1904
SKU
KEX0143373
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 97.24
€ 4.99

Hardback. 125pp, name on endpaper - International Publishers, New York,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
International Publishers, New York
Number of pages
125
Publication date
1934
SKU
KTK0101805
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.00

Paperback. Explores the history of the Dominican Republic as it evolved from the first European colony in the Americas into a modern nation under the rule of Rafael Trujillo. It investigates the social foundations of Trujillo's enduring and brutal dictatorship (1930-1961) and, more broadly, the way power is sustained in such non-democratic regimes. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751056
ISBN
9780804751056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 35 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3H; HBJH; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010889
ISBN
9781847010889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.65

Paperback. States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century. Series: Society and the Sexes in the Modern World. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBNH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171556
ISBN
9780300171556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Chambon, Alain. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525539842
ISBN
9783525539842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816699483
ISBN
9780816699483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.47

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; HBJF1; HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816699490
ISBN
9780816699490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

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