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Hardback. A study traces the tendentiousness of Greek representations by introducing comparative Egyptian material, thus interrogating the Greek texts and authors from a cross-cultural perspective. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228207
- ISBN
- 9780520228207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.01€ 49.04
€ 63.01
€ 49.04
Hardback. An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. This book presents a study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 339 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233249
- ISBN
- 9780520233249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.70€ 56.82
€ 73.70
€ 56.82
Paperback. Drawing on the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs, this book reevaluates the roots, motivations, and goals of Roman imperial foreign policy especially as that policy related to warfare. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 line figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236837
- ISBN
- 9780520236837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. This title examines the ideological appeal of these radical, revolutionary political movements, the visions of salvation and revolution they pursued, the value and types of charisma of leaders within these political movements, and their legacies in contemporary politics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590. Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century. 336 pages. Offers an analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. This title examines the ideological appeal of these radical, revolutionary political movements, the visions of salvation and revolution they pursued, the value and types of charisma of leaders within these political movements, and their legacies in contemporary politics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 25. Weight: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239722
- ISBN
- 9780520239722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.04
€ 50.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. A work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world that offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. Editor(s): Lassner, Jacob. Num Pages: 525 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBJF1; HBLC; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240599
- ISBN
- 9780520240599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.99
€ 41.99
€ 29.99
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
€ 99.86€ 75.29
€ 99.86
€ 75.29
Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242425
- ISBN
- 9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.40€ 64.27
€ 84.40
€ 64.27
Hardback. Explores the remarkable cultural influence of Chinese porcelain around the globe. This book tells the story of how porcelain became a vehicle for the transmission and assimilation of artistic symbols, themes, and designs across vast distances - from Japan and Java to Egypt and England. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, 24 color illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244689
- ISBN
- 9780520244689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.40€ 64.59
€ 84.40
€ 64.59
Paperback. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544. Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 392 pages, Illustrations. Investigates time and its contours as described by the ancient Romans, first as Rome positioned itself in relation to Greece and then as it exerted its influence as a major world power. This book examines the most important of the ancient world's time divisions, that between myth and history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258013
- ISBN
- 9780520258013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.13
€ 31.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258167
- ISBN
- 9780520258167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Hardback. Traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This title encompasses the nineteenth century from the revolutionary era of 1789 to the First World War. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267602
- ISBN
- 9780520267602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.95€ 53.34
€ 68.95
€ 53.34
Hardback. Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. This book maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, and more. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 17 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270282
- ISBN
- 9780520270282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.68€ 42.75
€ 54.68
€ 42.75
Hardback. Human beings are surrounded by surfaces: from our skin to faces, to the walls and streets of our homes and cities, to the images, books, and screens of our cultures and civilizations. This book traces the human relationship with surfaces from the deep history of human evolution, which unfolded across millennia, up to the contemporary world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272774
- ISBN
- 9780520272774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
paperback. Traces the journeys of a stone across the world. This book recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282551
- ISBN
- 9780520282551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
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
€ 95.10€ 72.02
€ 95.10
€ 72.02
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€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Presents an interpretive framework that unearths deep continuities between the ancient and medieval worlds, recovers a forgotten transformation in female imperial power, this book offers a striking reinterpretation of early Christian art. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 185 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284012
- ISBN
- 9780520284012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.89€ 57.86
€ 74.89
€ 57.86
Paperback. A critical review of lively controversy over the established interpretations of the industrialization processes in Britain and Europe before 1950. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631160397
- ISBN
- 9780631160397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.09
€ 52.09
Paperback. This Open University reader is a wide-ranging inter-disciplinary collection of material illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFC; JNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631169918
- ISBN
- 9780631169918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. This text analyzes the operations and tactics that defined the conduct of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. It avoids a celebratory view but preserves a respect for the problems the Allies faced and overcame as well as a realistic assessment of the Axis accomplishments and failures. Num Pages: 736 pages, 126 halftones, 23 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006805
- ISBN
- 9780674006805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.54
€ 25.99
€ 22.54
Paperback. This work analyzes the 7500 people who travelled from London to America and Europe in 1635, recreating individual careers, exploring colonial societies and delineating a world sustained and defined by migration. Together, the migrants' stories offer a social history of the 17th century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 38 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007024
- ISBN
- 9780674007024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.84
€ 42.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. This text covers medical thought from antiquity through to the Middle Ages, reconstructing the slow transformation and sudden changes in theory and practice that marked the birth and early development of Western medicine. Editor(s): Grmek, Mirko D. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 line illustration, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLA; HBLC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007956
- ISBN
- 9780674007956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.21
€ 45.99
€ 38.21
Paperback. The Center for International Affairs (CFIA) was founded in 1958. This book documents the maturation of this academic institution. It traces the institutional and intellectual development of a research center that facilitates innovative scholarships. It explores the connection between knowledge and politics.s Series: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027770
- ISBN
- 9780674027770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Hardback. Sets the Italian-American political confrontation within the context of the two countries' cultural perceptions of each other, different war experiences, and ideas about participatory democracy and peace. This book highlights the impact of American ideology and sense of mission in the world. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028241
- ISBN
- 9780674028241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.83€ 67.55
€ 74.83
€ 67.55