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Paperback. Here is the first real comparison of the civil governments of two traditional East Asian societies on an institution-by-institution basis. Mr. Woodside examines in detail the surviving statutes of both societies in his political and cultural study, a pioneering venture in East Asian comparative history. Series: East Asian Monograph. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 68 x 2 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674937215
- ISBN
- 9780674937215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; JP; KC. Dimension: 214 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207520
- ISBN
- 9783838207520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.22
€ 31.99
€ 23.22
Hardback. Following what may be conventionally called the Jewish ethno-cultural model and tracing its performance throughout history, this book attempts to apply a synthetic, comprehensive approach to the Jewish phenomenon - an alternative to the metaphysical and religious ones - and to evaluate it in the comparative context. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843437
- ISBN
- 9781934843437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.83
€ 155.83
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRA; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323992
- ISBN
- 9780226323992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Westgeest, Helen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23. BIC Classification: GL; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475092
- ISBN
- 9780801475092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. There are a couple of hundred songs that are sung by millions across the world each day, that school children know by heart and sports fans belt out perfectly even after eight beers. And they aren't pop songs - they are national anthems. In this book, the author brings the incredible stories of the world's national anthems to life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099592235
- ISBN
- 9780099592235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.51
€ 19.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349496440
- ISBN
- 9781349496440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Paperback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349430741
- ISBN
- 9781349430741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Paperback. This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest. Series: Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536641
- ISBN
- 9781349536641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.49
€ 138.49
paperback. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, offering a comprehensive overview of its history, forms and functions. Num Pages: 424 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638. Functions, Media, Archives. 422 pages, 14 b/w illus. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, offering a comprehensive overview of its history, forms and functions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight: 568.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 422
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- English ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521165877
- ISBN
- 9780521165877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.20
€ 34.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780967967530
- ISBN
- 9780967967530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975584
- ISBN
- 9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Hardback. This unique collection of essays provides a re-evaluation of the term 'Atlantic', by placing at the core of the debate on republicanism in the early modern age the link between continental Europe and America, rather than assuming British political culture as having been widely representative of Europe as a whole. Editor(s): De Francesco, Antonino. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206786
- ISBN
- 9780230206786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, over 100 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764318672
- ISBN
- 9780764318672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.45
€ 37.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855250
- ISBN
- 9780810855250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.70
€ 140.70
Hardcover. The Versailles Settlement is widely considered to have set the world on the path to a second major conflict within a generation. This book, updated with new material to mark the centenary of WWI, sets the consequences - for good or ill - of the Peace Treaties into their longer term context. Series: The Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323927
- ISBN
- 9781908323927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
paperback. Deals with the answers that historians, philosophers, theologians, practising politicians and would-be revolutionaries have given to one question: how should human beings best govern themselves? Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 122 x 51. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140285185
- ISBN
- 9780140285185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.59
€ 25.99
€ 16.59
Hardback. Series: Exploring World History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFX; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553156
- ISBN
- 9780742553156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.33
€ 138.33
Hardback. This work traces the formulation and portrayal of the practice of reclusion in China from the earliest times through the sixth century, by which time reclusion had taken on its enduring character. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736039
- ISBN
- 9780804736039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Your guide to this most misrepresented and misunderstood period. Medieval Britain as you have never seen it before, a vibrant society teeming with individuality, intrigue and innovation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28pp plate sections(35 images). BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522751
- ISBN
- 9780563522751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 black and white photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 282 x 11. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764317750
- ISBN
- 9780764317750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
paperback. All over Europe, from Westminster to Rouen, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages still stand. This book explores the world of the medieval master mason. How were these structures built when only primitive machinery was available? Who initiated and designed them? Who built and paid for them? Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 182 illustrations, 44 in colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AMN; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- THAMES HUDSON
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500300527
- ISBN
- 9780500300527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 5.70
€ 22.99
€ 5.70
Hardback. Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty illusions, of genocides, of false avant-gardes, of democratic realism everywhere replaced by abstraction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636313
- ISBN
- 9780745636313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.11
€ 76.11