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Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Restoring Women to History
Nashat, Guity; Tucker, Judith E.
paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212641
- ISBN
- 9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.17
€ 25.17
Paperback. Focuses on a little-known aspect of the Great Patriotic War: its cultural and emotional impact on the Russian people. This title offers scholarship on the Russian cultural offerings of the wartime period - in the rear areas, on the homefront, on the battlefield, and over the airwaves. Editor(s): Stites, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209498
- ISBN
- 9780253209498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.42
€ 28.42
paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205846795
- ISBN
- 9780205846795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.78
€ 117.78
The Heritage of World Civilizations: Brief Edition, Volume 2
Craig, Albert M.; Graham, William A.; Kagan, ...
paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 289 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205835478
- ISBN
- 9780205835478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.26
€ 166.26
paperback. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205180950
- ISBN
- 9780205180950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 157.67
€ 157.67
spiral_bound. Num Pages: 408 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780205161621
- ISBN
- 9780205161621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.33
€ 141.33
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJQ; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 176 x 120. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205054688
- ISBN
- 9780205054688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.72
€ 117.72
Paperback. The Frontier of Leisure examines the centrality of leisure to the history of Southern California, and how the region's tourist resorts and residential recreation influenced the nation, from ranch houses and the landscape of postwar suburbia to relations of labor and race, and the place of nature in everyday life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199891924
- ISBN
- 9780199891924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
hardcover. What causes states to politically unify voluntarily? Uniting States develops a realist explanation of voluntary union and argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199782192
- ISBN
- 9780199782192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.88
€ 93.88
hardcover. Familiar Strangers examines how the Soviet empire was built, and ultimately dismantled, by ethnic outsiders. Scott retells Soviet history from the perspective of the socialist state's internal Georgian diaspora. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; HBJD; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP USA United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396375
- ISBN
- 9780199396375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.25
€ 160.25
Paperback. First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387434
- ISBN
- 9780199387434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.15
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; HB; HBTS; HRA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199344390
- ISBN
- 9780199344390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Paperback. Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively-arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199336043
- ISBN
- 9780199336043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Paperback. The role of government in the regulation of cannabis is as hotly debated now as it was a century ago. In this lively study James Mills explores the historical background of cannabis legislation, arguing that the drive towards prohibition grew out of the politics of empire rather than scientific or rational assessment of the drug's use and effects. Num Pages: 260 pages, 8pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199278817
- ISBN
- 9780199278817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.68
€ 80.68
Thirty-seven essays providing a comprehensive overview, covering the most essential aspects of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices-to mention some of the key agents-around and within the Atlantic basin. Editor(s): Canny, Nicholas; Morgan, Philip D. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16 halftones and five maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1364.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199210879
- ISBN
- 9780199210879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 222.87
€ 222.87
Paperback. Fiefs and Vassals has revolutionized the way we think of the Middle Ages. It offers a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism and overturns centuries of misconceptions about the nature of medieval social relations. Num Pages: 556 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198206484
- ISBN
- 9780198206484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.79
€ 95.79
paperback. Editor(s): Lassiter, Matthew; Crespino, Joseph. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 black and white halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195384758
- ISBN
- 9780195384758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.92
€ 55.92
A learned study of a mother and daughter, both the wives of emperors, and their importance in the golden age of the Roman Empire Series: Women in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illus, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBLA1; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195379419
- ISBN
- 9780195379419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.54
€ 143.54
paperback. Offering an account of the movement of slaves from market to market within the US, this book presents an examination of the lives of those operating and participating in the business of those markets. Considering the impact of the slave trade on American life, it aims to expose the many complexities of southern slavery and antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195310191
- ISBN
- 9780195310191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.55
€ 55.55
paperback. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones; 5 line illustrations; 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195160215
- ISBN
- 9780195160215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Paperback. This collected volume, edited by Roy Suny and Terry Martin, looks at how Soviet state managed to create a multiethnic empire in its earlt years, from the end of the Russian Revolution to the end of World WAr II. It brings together the newest research on a wide geographic range, from Russia to central Asia. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor; Martin, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144239
- ISBN
- 9780195144239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
hardcover. Examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. This book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways. Series: Classical Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195140781
- ISBN
- 9780195140781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.08
€ 77.08
Paperback. This work argues that slave resistance was much more prevalent and widespread than has usually been attributed, and, specifically, that slaves attempted to run away from their masters whenever they could. It examines contemporary documents to how slaves resisted and the punishments they were meted. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084511
- ISBN
- 9780195084511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195071429
- ISBN
- 9780195071429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.54
€ 99.54