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Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
The Culture of Reconstruction. European Literature, Thought and Film, ...
Hewitt, Nicholas; Wasserman, Sarah
Paperback. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSBH; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349197309
- ISBN
- 9781349197309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Hardcover. A portrait of the artist as a young man, an examination of the influence of his hometown Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Civilization. Num Pages: 277 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps, 1 drawing. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113019
- ISBN
- 9780472113019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
Paperback. Focusing on Ottoman Lebanon, this title shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country. It challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an Islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups. Num Pages: 274 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1QDT; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; HRAM9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218468
- ISBN
- 9780520218468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Num Pages: 554 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 870. Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. 554 pages, 11 halftones. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037141
- ISBN
- 9780226037141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.03€ 49.18
€ 57.03
€ 49.18
Hardback. 264 pages, 2 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBTB; JFCX. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147163
- ISBN
- 9780231147163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Paperback. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851957
- ISBN
- 9780801851957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.66
€ 36.66
Hardback. The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity. Editor(s): Klekar, Cynthia; Zionkowski, Linda. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608290
- ISBN
- 9780230608290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
The Culture of the Horse. Status, Discipline, and Identity in the Earl...
. Ed(S): Raber, Karen; Tucker, Treva J.
hardcover. Editor(s): Raber, Karen; Tucker, Treva J. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966216
- ISBN
- 9781403966216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.10
€ 151.10
The Culture of the Seven Years' War. Empire, Identity, and the Arts in...
. Ed(S): Bruyn, Frans De; Regan, Shaun
With essays by notable scholars that address the war's impact in Europe and the Atlantic world, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in the relationship between war, culture, and the arts. Editor(s): Bruyn, Frans De; Regan, Shaun. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations (some color). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643550
- ISBN
- 9781442643550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
hardcover. Up to now the culture of the Stalin period has been studied mainly from a political or ideological point of view. This book, however, approaches the problem from within, and deals with various aspects of Stalinist culture such as art, literature, architecture, film and popular culture. Editor(s): Gunther, Hans. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333491263
- ISBN
- 9780333491263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.12
€ 250.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Gunther, Hans. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349206537
- ISBN
- 9781349206537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 249.28
€ 249.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Demetriou, Tania. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486403
- ISBN
- 9781349486403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. This book examines the ways in which usury was perceived and portrayed as it rose to popularity in Renaissance England, taking into account the works of key literary figures of this period, including Milton and Shakespeare. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349379781
- ISBN
- 9781349379781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. First edition - 8vo. Very Good copy - KAW0183 - 294pp. - Victorian Council of Churches, Melbourne
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Victorian Council of Churches Melbourne
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KCK0002117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Series: Studies in Contemporary History. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024721146
- ISBN
- 9789024721146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.94
€ 199.94
Paperback. Perfect for fans of Kate Summerscale, this is the chilling true tale of Dr John Bodkin Adams, the family doctor suspected of murdering 160 of his patients in 1950s Eastbourne. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848544727
- ISBN
- 9781848544727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer is today considered one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. During the Weimar Republic, he established himself as a trenchant theorist of film, culture, and modernity, now often ranked alongside his friends Walter Benjamin and Theodor W Adorno. This book deals with his life. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13 b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; APFA; HBJD; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290945
- ISBN
- 9780520290945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Num Pages: 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 478. 112 pages, 95 colour illustrations. This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBTB. Dimension: 195 x 197 x 15. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243846
- ISBN
- 9781851243846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
€ 13.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? This book seeks to discover how dark-skinned people, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible - Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; HBTS; HRC; HRH; HRJ; HRLP5; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123707
- ISBN
- 9780691123707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 40.07
€ 54.99
€ 40.07
Hardcover. 8vo. original cloth with worn dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- SKU
- KEX0251555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 173 pages, over 150 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1324.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337628
- ISBN
- 9780764337628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.74€ 55.30
€ 57.74
€ 55.30
Num Pages: 256 pages, over 340 b/w and color photos, line schemes. BIC Classification: HB; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764314346
- ISBN
- 9780764314346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.78
€ 54.65
€ 39.78
Hardcover. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226210919
- ISBN
- 9780226210919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61