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Paperback. Focuses on Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. This book argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142777
- ISBN
- 9780691142777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
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Hardback. A modern edition and an English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century "Geographika of Eratosthenes". It describes the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known, Eratosthenes of Kyrene (ca 285-205 BC) invented the discipline of geography as we understand it. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142678
- ISBN
- 9780691142678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 63.23
€ 82.32
€ 63.23
Hardback. Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies. This title argues that political emancipation and the defense of political liberty have always required the self-sacrifice of people with religious sentiments and a religious devotion to liberty. It shows that when this has been corrupted or suffocated, Italians have lost their liberty. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142357
- ISBN
- 9780691142357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Hardback. A book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. It takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141930
- ISBN
- 9780691141930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.23
€ 70.56
€ 54.23
Paperback. Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this book features a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. It positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141862
- ISBN
- 9780691141862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Demonstrates that speculation and capital, the commodity, the crowd, traffic, and the street, often thought to be historically specific to nineteenth-century urban culture, were in fact already at work in early modern London and Paris. This title challenges the notion of a rupture between premodern and modern societies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141107
- ISBN
- 9780691141107
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.81
€ 42.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Provides an examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. This work shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable. It argues that after the Cold War ended, the CIA and FBI failed to adapt to the rise of terrorism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JPWL2; JWKF; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141039
- ISBN
- 9780691141039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.81
€ 42.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140957
- ISBN
- 9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. In the 1960s, Mississippi was the heart of white southern resistance to the civil-rights movement. This work shows how Mississippi leaders strategically accommodated themselves to the demands of civil-rights activists and the federal government seeking to end Jim Crow, and in so doing contributed to a vibrant conservative countermovement. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 halftones. 6 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJ; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140940
- ISBN
- 9780691140940
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.67
€ 42.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140476
- ISBN
- 9780691140476
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
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Hardback. A work on the wartime letters of Dr Konrad Jarausch, a German high-school teacher of religion and history who served in a reserve battalion of Hitler's army in Poland and Russia, where he died of typhoid in 1942. Editor(s): Jarausch, Konrad H. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140421
- ISBN
- 9780691140421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
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€ 41.45
Hardback. The scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was democratic in nature, stressing the role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. The author challenges this view, warning that this trend threatens to become an orthodoxy, and defending that the republic was a Roman, oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Translator(s): Heitmann-Gordon, Henry. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140384
- ISBN
- 9780691140384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.06
€ 58.80
€ 46.06
Hardback. Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life. This title explores why these animals mattered to the Greeks, how they came to be a key element in Greek thought and behavior, and how the Greeks exploited the symbolic value of cattle as a way of structuring social and economic relations. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140070
- ISBN
- 9780691140070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.23
€ 70.56
€ 54.23
Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140056
- ISBN
- 9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.04
€ 52.92
€ 42.04
Hardback. Tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. This book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: HBWN; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139920
- ISBN
- 9780691139920
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
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Hardback. Why was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? This book explains how English writers used contemporary theological and philosophical texts about unwanted and leftover matter to explore secular, literary relationships between waste and value. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139845
- ISBN
- 9780691139845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.78
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Hardback. Examines how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. This book traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow and the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139289
- ISBN
- 9780691139289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.65
€ 70.56
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Hardback. A collection of letters that tantalizes questions about the role of Christianity and the church in an increasingly secular world. It provides a fresh perspective on religious and secular life in the postwar era. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 123 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139210
- ISBN
- 9780691139210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. From the Korean War to the conflict in Iraq, this book examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, it demonstrates that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS; JPS; JPVK; JPWS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139081
- ISBN
- 9780691139081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138879
- ISBN
- 9780691138879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
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Paperback. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138800
- ISBN
- 9780691138800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions. This book demonstrates that Stalin was determined to show how scientific truth and Party doctrine reinforced one another. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138251
- ISBN
- 9780691138251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
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Hardback. Includes Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death that presents 516 documents from 11 March to 27 November 1813. This volume records the most intense period of correspondence between Jefferson and John Adams during their retirement. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 776 pages, 10 duotones. 17 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 56. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137728
- ISBN
- 9780691137728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.00€ 123.95
€ 167.00
€ 123.95
Hardback. Contains Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death. This work includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 792 pages, 8 duotones. 10 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137711
- ISBN
- 9780691137711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.00€ 123.86
€ 167.00
€ 123.86