History
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History
paperback. Demonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346326
- ISBN
- 9780822346326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
paperback. Series: War Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWS5; JPA; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813571140
- ISBN
- 9780813571140
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.68
€ 35.99
€ 32.68
hardcover. This book shows how, though Suzhou entered the Ming defeated and suspect, interactions between the imperial state and local elites gave rise to a network of markets, centered on Suzhou, that fostered high-quality local specialization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 tables, 2 figures, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731126
- ISBN
- 9780804731126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.65
€ 85.65
Paperback. A wide-ranging account of missionary life, this text gives a sense of the individual experience and collective ethos of the mission, the missionaries' influence on communities and their links to the rest of Christendom. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582312135
- ISBN
- 9780582312135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
hardcover. Drawing on the best research produced over the last sixty years, this collection brings together the most significant secondary literature on the Nazi persecution and mass murder of the Jews. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Series: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies. Num Pages: 2680 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 178. Weight in Grams: 4717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415275095
- ISBN
- 9780415275095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 656.28
€ 656.28
hardcover. Presents an introductory history of India with an account which begins before the period of British rule, and pursues the continuities since then. This book provides coverage ranging from Mughal India to post-independence Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with a focus on the 'ordinary' people of India and South Asia. Num Pages: 420 pages, 25 black & white halftones, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415214834
- ISBN
- 9780415214834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
paperback. This edition, now in paperback for the first time, has been substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since John Wacher's book was first published twenty years ago Num Pages: 480 pages, 186 text illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMVD; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1143.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415170413
- ISBN
- 9780415170413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
paperback. This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 in-text illustrations and 80 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; HBLA; HBLA1; HDDG; HDDK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780199680863
- ISBN
- 9780199680863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.17
€ 102.17
Paperback. An examination of the complex inter-relationships between the Roman and Sasanid Empires, and some of their Arab allies and neighbours, during the last century before the emergence of Islam. Greg Fisher stresses the importance of a Near East dominated by Rome and Iran for the formation of early concepts of Arab identity. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 274 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBLA1; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679317
- ISBN
- 9780199679317
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. This book is a study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily lives. Num Pages: 536 pages, 6 in-text illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199660667
- ISBN
- 9780199660667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.71
€ 114.71
Paperback. 1968 witnessed a highly unusual sequence of popular rebellions worldwide. Gerd-Rainer Horn offers a fascinating re-assessment of these turbulent times, arguing that 1968 cannot be seen in isolation; it must be viewed in the context of a much larger period of experimentation and revolt. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199541591
- ISBN
- 9780199541591
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Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Paperback. Showcasing the Great Experiment provides the most far-reaching account of Soviet methods of cultural diplomacy innovated to influence Western intellectuals and foreign visitors. Probing the declassified records of agencies charged with crafting the international image of communism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199376421
- ISBN
- 9780199376421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.07
€ 58.07
hardcover. This is the first biography of T. G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole society as well as an individual. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 284 pages, 100 in-text half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKESF; 3JH; AMB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199296583
- ISBN
- 9780199296583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.52
€ 126.52
hardcover. A corrective to the much-discussed Victorian 'crisis of faith', this study focuses upon several prominent individuals who experienced a 'crisis of doubt' and made the reverse journey, abandoning secularism to defend Christianity. Their stories demonstrate the intellectual strength of faith in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC2; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199287871
- ISBN
- 9780199287871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.65
€ 38.65
hardcover. Reconstructs the lives of some of the men who shaped events in the final controversial years of the Western Roman Empire during the fifth century AD. Ranging from the Balkans and Italy to northern France, this study uses a wide range of historical evidence, folklore, letters, poems, sermons, archaeology, and coins. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199252442
- ISBN
- 9780199252442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 318.64
€ 318.64
The Principles of History. And Other Writings in Philosophy of History...
Collingwood, R. G.. Ed(S): Dussen, W. J. Van ...
Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199243150
- ISBN
- 9780199243150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.87
€ 84.87
paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239375
- ISBN
- 9780199239375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.02
€ 62.02
Paperback. There is interest in globalization which is thought to be changing all economic, political, and cultural life. This book takes globalization and its opposite, fragmentation as the organizing themes for a grand retrospective of twentieth century international history and assesses how both have been shaped by the century's formative events. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford Oxford
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198781660
- ISBN
- 9780198781660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34