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Rediscovered in Syria in the late 19th century, this account relates the experiences of Reverend Elias al-Musili, a priest of the Chaldean Church and the first known visitor to the Americas from the Middle East. Supported by Spain and the pope, he offers a unique perspective on the New World. Editor(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Translator(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic History, University of Minnesota, USA). Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607908
ISBN
9780815607908
Condition: New

€ 29.94

Paperback. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 265 pages, bibliography. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121255
ISBN
9780231121255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. This overview of Australian post-contact history uses material objects such as artefacts, buildings, and landscapes. The book offers broad geographic and temporal coverage, and social themes such as gender, status, ethnicity and identity inform every chapter. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 421 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
421
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461427162
ISBN
9781461427162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.44

Paperback. Opens up new ways of thinking about the period, 1400-1750. An original and theoretically-informed contribution to the discipline. Wide-disciplinary appeal. Well-illustrated. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 244 pages, with 41 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863485
ISBN
9781557863485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Hardback. Examines how colonial identities were constructed in the Cape Colony of South Africa since its establishment in the 17th century up to the 20th century. This title takes an archaeological approach, which also draws on documentary material to examine how different people in the colony constructed identities through material culture. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306485374
ISBN
9780306485374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.33

Paperback. Examines how colonial identities were constructed in the Cape Colony of South Africa since its establishment in the 17th century up to the 20th century. This work takes an archaeological approach, which also draws on documentary material to examine how different people in the colony constructed identities through material culture. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306485381
ISBN
9780306485381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.61

Paperback. The author argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the whole field of the study of the past to make innovative discoveries and apply modern approaches by widening the aims of the discipline. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 half-tones, 17 figures, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDA; HDDK; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078925
ISBN
9780520078925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461351238
ISBN
9781461351238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Hardback. An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 249 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBTK; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319221045
ISBN
9783319221045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

paperback. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Edition
2002nd Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441933218
ISBN
9781441933218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.02

paperback. Adopting a material culture perspective, this study examines the social and cultural history of the Soviet period, looking particularly at social relations and the way individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture in order to cope with daily life. Series: Materializing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AM; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JHM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859734261
ISBN
9781859734261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b&w photographs and 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBLL; HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179928
ISBN
9780231179928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. This book presents investigations of several constructed floors, built during the 600 to 800 years of site formation in the Archaic period (ca. 8000u2000 BCE), the crucial timespan in Mesoamerican prehistory when people were transitioning from full-blown dependency on wild resources to the use of domesticated crops. Editor(s): Voorhies, Barbara. Series: Monograph. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938770029
ISBN
9781938770029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.16

Paperback. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378. Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings. 280 pages. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275492
ISBN
9780520275492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. A story of the heel of Italy - Puglia - as told by travellers. It has beautiful landscapes, cave towns and frescoed grotto churches, wonderful old cities with Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic castles and a wealth of Baroque architecture. Series: Armchair Taveller's History. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973758
ISBN
9781907973758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. Vasily Grossman, author of Life and Fate, reflects on a season spent in Armenia. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782060888
ISBN
9781782060888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. * First volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 2003. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 32, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1H; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116365
ISBN
9780349116365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805087246
ISBN
9780805087246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.53

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805062885
ISBN
9780805062885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.47

Paperback. In 1890, a delegation of African American activists formed the Afro-American League, the nation's first national civil rights organization. Over the course of nearly two decades, these activists fought to end disfranchisement and segregation, and to contest racial violence, creating the foundation for the NAACP and the modern civil rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222449
ISBN
9780812222449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Paperback in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
White Mane Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRF0028939
ISBN
9781572491014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
White Mane Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRF0020585
ISBN
9781572491014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982382
ISBN
9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.21

hardcover. Focuses on the dialogue between the American anthropological tradition and Korea, from Korea's first treaty with the United States to the end of World War II, with the goal of rereading anthropology's history and theoretical development through its Pacific frontier. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285613
ISBN
9780803285613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

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