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Hardback. This work examines how an anthropological definition of culture shaped the central political and social narratives of the Cold War era. The author suggests that the emphasis on individualism in contemporary identity politics must be understood as a legacy of the Cold War liberalism of the 1950s. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690572
- ISBN
- 9780847690572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.28
€ 90.28
Hardcover. Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people from a bygone age. The people who shared this ancestry used it for many alliances of trade and war. This is a study of the political uses of perceived kinship. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; JHBK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674505278
- ISBN
- 9780674505278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 73.50
€ 80.80
€ 73.50
Hardback. In The Crusades and the Christian World of the East, Christopher MacEvitt marshals an impressive array of literary, legal, artistic, and archeological evidence to demonstrate how crusader ideology and religious difference gave rise to a mode of coexistence he calls "rough tolerance." Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240504
- ISBN
- 9780812240504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.46
€ 93.46
Paperback. How old is the universe? How are humans related to a sponge? Where did most of the world's water come from? How much would a complete T Rex skeleton cost? Where did the Himalayas come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1214. The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day. 416 pages. How old is the universe? How are humans related to a sponge? Where did most of the world's water come from? How much would a complete T Rex skeleton cost? Where did the Himalayas come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 30. Weight: 1188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408834831
- ISBN
- 9781408834831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. Emphasizing moral rather than economic or technological explanations for the rise and fall of Euro-American imperialism, this concise, comprehensive book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand the character of contemporary conflict. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JPS; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420691
- ISBN
- 9781421420691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Hardcover. The problem of political risk and of how business deals with it has become an important field of research where business historians meet with social and political historians to analyse the interaction between companies and dictatorships. This title focuses on the interwar period to put contemporary business problems in a historical perspective. Editor(s): Kobrak, Christopher; Hansen, Per H. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBWQ; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816290
- ISBN
- 9781571816290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.67
€ 162.67
Paperback. The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. This introduction covers the history of the empire at its height, looking at its people, religions and social structures. It explains how it deployed violence, 'romanisation', and tactical power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture from Rome to its furthest outreaches. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HPCA; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803917
- ISBN
- 9780192803917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Series: G.I.: The Illustrated History of the American Soldier, His Uniform & His Equipment. Num Pages: 72 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBWN; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 257 x 6. Weight in Grams: 295. 4to. Illustrated. Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KEX0264874
- ISBN
- 9781853675287
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This study presents fresh interpretations of the works of Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799), which are vital to understanding the history of Italy and Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 328 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3F; HBAH; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 46.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648235
- ISBN
- 9789089648235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.92
€ 142.92
Paperback. Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326433
- ISBN
- 9781349326433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
paperback. This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Well illustrated, this book is a valuable companion for enthusiasts of military history as well as early modern historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415146494
- ISBN
- 9780415146494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. The first dictionary of medieval terms intended for the non-specialist with an interest in the medieval world. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536. 318 pages. The first dictionary of medieval terms intended for the non-specialist with an interest in the medieval world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBLC. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 26. Weight: 516.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843841388
- ISBN
- 9781843841388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Series: Guides to European Diplomatic History Research and Research Materials. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842023115
- ISBN
- 9780842023115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.46
€ 167.46
Hardback. Examines the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, offering fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare. Series: Nursing History and Humanities. Num Pages: 284 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; MBX; MQCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992521
- ISBN
- 9781784992521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.80
€ 156.80
Hardback. A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour, 1x4 colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 809. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0008858
- ISBN
- 9781848871700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- FreeLance Academy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982591116
- ISBN
- 9780982591116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.46
€ 42.46
Paperback. As a Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century AD, Pausanias travelled all through Greece and wrote a description of its classical sites that includes information on archaeology, religion, history and art. This is a study of the work and personality of Pausanias. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 223 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520061705
- ISBN
- 9780520061705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Chronicles the life and work of the Trinidadian intellectual and writer C L R James during his first extended stay in Britain, from 1932 to 1938. This book reveals the radicalizing effect of this critical period on James' intellectual and political trajectory. Series: The C. L. R. James Archives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; GTB; HBG; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356127
- ISBN
- 9780822356127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. An account of the five dramatic counterrevolutions that occurred in 1979, showing how the combined forces unleashed by Deng Xiaopeng, Margaret Thatcher, the Pope, the Iranian Ayatollah, and the Afghan mujahedin set the stage for the 21st century. It offers a new argument about the hinge on which the twentieth century turned. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465065677
- ISBN
- 9780465065677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the early modern period. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271580
- ISBN
- 9781783271580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.36
€ 176.36
Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226905037
- ISBN
- 9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3D; 3F; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1516.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 990
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199212965
- ISBN
- 9780199212965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Warfare truly entered the industrial age with the invention and adoption of the machine gun. Armed with a machine gun, one or two men could potentially hold off a whole company of enemy soldiers, and inflict terrible losses while doing so. This book describes how this invention went on to transform the ways that armies and also air forces fought. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452340
- ISBN
- 9780752452340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0000133
- ISBN
- 9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99