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History
Standing on Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland
Associate Professor Of History Geraldo L Cada...
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
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- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970892
- ISBN
- 9780674970892
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
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- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.07
€ 34.99
€ 29.07
Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970588
- ISBN
- 9780674970588
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.15
€ 44.99
€ 37.15
Hardback. Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967694
- ISBN
- 9780674967694
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Condition: New
€ 53.26€ 49.04
€ 53.26
€ 49.04
Hardback. This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967601
- ISBN
- 9780674967601
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Condition: New
€ 54.42€ 50.03
€ 54.42
€ 50.03
Hardback. Alexander Sedgwick explores a tumultuous period of French history which coincided with and punctuates the Arnauld family's struggle with the world. He show how this family reacted to political and religious developments, and the ways in which they helped shape the history of their time. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 550 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674905672
- ISBN
- 9780674905672
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Condition: New
€ 89.20€ 80.06
€ 89.20
€ 80.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Kish, George. Num Pages: 474 pages, 1 map, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674822702
- ISBN
- 9780674822702
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Condition: New
€ 134.40€ 118.93
€ 134.40
€ 118.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Birkhoff, Garrett; Merzbach, Uta C. Num Pages: 486 pages, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 1089.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674822450
- ISBN
- 9780674822450
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Condition: New
€ 164.54€ 144.88
€ 164.54
€ 144.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 161 halftones, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 254 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1920.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674807310
- ISBN
- 9780674807310
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Condition: New
€ 186.57€ 170.95
€ 186.57
€ 170.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 715.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674794757
- ISBN
- 9780674794757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.08
€ 23.99
€ 21.08
Hardback. North Sea oil, garden suburbs, socialized medicine, ombudsmen, economic diversification, party politics, relations with the US and the USSR--these are some of the exciting and controversial aspects of Scandinavian life in the 1970s that Scott explores in this revised and enlarged edition of The United States and Scandinavia. Series: American Foreign Policy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, tabs.M. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674790001
- ISBN
- 9780674790001
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Condition: New
€ 93.83€ 83.97
€ 93.83
€ 83.97
Hardback. This text examines religious conflict in the parish communities of early modern England using an interdisciplinary approach that includes a number of perspectives. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 map, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674758452
- ISBN
- 9780674758452
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Condition: New
€ 89.20€ 78.74
€ 89.20
€ 78.74
Hardback. Andrea Wiley contrasts the practices of the world's leading milk producers, India and the United States. In both countries, milk is considered to have special qualities. Drawing on ethnographic and scientific studies, popular media, and government reports, she shows that the cultural significance of milk goes well beyond its nutritive value. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; JFCV; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729056
- ISBN
- 9780674729056
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Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 48.04
€ 52.10
€ 48.04
Hardback. Minister to Britain John Adams was unable to enforce the peace treaty of 1783 and renew Anglo-American commerce. But he saved U.S. credit, petitioned to release impressed sailors, saw the Prussian-American treaty ratified, and laid the groundwork for negotiations with the Barbary States. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 183 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1808.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728950
- ISBN
- 9780674728950
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Condition: New
€ 105.42€ 93.96
€ 105.42
€ 93.96
Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728882
- ISBN
- 9780674728882
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Condition: New
€ 60.22€ 55.03
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Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.05
€ 53.99
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Hardback. Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections--border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs--turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy. Num Pages: 430 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPQB; KCP; KCZ; LNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 822.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728776
- ISBN
- 9780674728776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.06€ 54.03
€ 59.06
€ 54.03
Hardback. The rapid rise and fall of the southern kingdom of Wu inspired many memorials in the former capital city of Suzhou, including the building of temples, shrines, and monuments. Analyzing the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and literature, the author illuminates the cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726680
- ISBN
- 9780674726680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.06
€ 44.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. A study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history. It shows how US officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. It sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725775
- ISBN
- 9780674725775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.14
€ 36.99
€ 31.14
Hardback. Ada Palmer explores how Renaissance poets and philologists, not scientists, rescued Lucretius and his atomism theory. This heterodoxy circulated in the premodern world, not on the conspicuous stage of heresy trials and public debates but in the classrooms, libraries, studies, and bookshops where quiet scholars met transformative ideas. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCF; HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725577
- ISBN
- 9780674725577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.05
€ 47.99
€ 40.05
Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725461
- ISBN
- 9780674725461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.22€ 55.03
€ 60.22
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Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725454
- ISBN
- 9780674725454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.16
€ 51.99
€ 43.16
Hardcover. In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724662
- ISBN
- 9780674724662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.38€ 56.02
€ 61.38
€ 56.02
Hardcover. Looks at the lives and careers of four prominent historians, and discusses the political implications for progress. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBAH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674713758
- ISBN
- 9780674713758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.37
€ 53.99
€ 44.37