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Hardcover. This volume offers a new cultural and political history of the idea of the nation. Situating the history of international politics and the idea of the nation in the history of psychology, it reveals the popularity and political importance of a transnational discourse of the psychology of nations that had taken shape in the previous half-century. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007178
ISBN
9780230007178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Paperback. This book explores everyday life of the Greek gods, including what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led in Olympus and the human world. It also shows how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736145
ISBN
9780804736145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343362
ISBN
9781349343362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814730560
ISBN
9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 479 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPS; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
479
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312065850
ISBN
9780312065850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.00

Paperback. Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349306763
ISBN
9781349306763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.17

Paperback. Bestselling author Giles Milton takes us on an extraordinary journey and uncovers the answer to one of greatest historical riddles Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w/ integrated. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340819456
ISBN
9780340819456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Fascinating historical footnotes from the bestselling author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473624993
ISBN
9781473624993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This study offers an overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, and discusses the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation during the 12th and 13th centuries. Dahan analyzes the common literary genres through which Christians attempted to convert Jews. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRAF; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008307
ISBN
9780268008307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. Examines the evolution of the ideas and practices of benevolence, chiefly in the context of British imperialism, from the late 18th century onwards. This book offers a study of benevolence that avoids simple moralistic judgments while exploring a range of ethical, political, social, and cultural issues linked with benevolent pursuits and policies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Helen; Tiffin, Chris. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219602
ISBN
9780253219602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Hardcover. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs.. Series: Explorations in Mobility. Num Pages: 820 pages, 37 ills, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 263 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383772
ISBN
9781782383772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.21

Hardcover. Here is the complete history of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, one of the two most important religious groups in the Spanish empire in America, from the Conquest to Independence in the early nineteenth century. Based upon ten years of research, this study focuses on the effect if Spanish institutions on Indian life at the local level. Num Pages: 672 pages, Col.fr.Ill.M. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804701969
ISBN
9780804701969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.39

Hardback. A survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period. It provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. It brings together debates from dozens of scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 501 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1HB; 1QSL; HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241480
ISBN
9780520241480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.88
€ 76.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780321387486
ISBN
9780321387486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.50

paperback. A truly global account of WWII - the war that encompassed six continents. Num Pages: 1208 pages, 23 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521618267
ISBN
9780521618267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.44

Paperback. Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships Num Pages: 176 pages, 249 photos, 36 line, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848321922
ISBN
9781848321922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.70

Paperback. Covering the years between 1944 and 2009, this title includes such events as: 18 March 1965 - a cosmonaut, and not an astronaut, becomes the first person to conduct a 'space walk'; 14 May 1948 - the first Jewish state in 2,000 years comes into being; and, 21 September 1995 - the 'Hindu Milk Miracle' causes mass hysteria in India. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 188 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9781848310698
ISBN
9781848310698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Translator(s): Mangin-Woods, Michele; Woods, David. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Avid Woods. Foreword by R ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283619
ISBN
9780520283619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Translator(s): Mangin-Woods, Michele; Woods, David. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 276 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition, Translated by Michle Mangin-Woods a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283602
ISBN
9780520283602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

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