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General & world history
Hardcover. Ruprecht hopes to show that Quatremere's true importance emerges only if we situate him in his own times, one generation after Winckelmann, in a very different, and a far more revolutionary and secularizing cultural moment. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACG; HBG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384072
- ISBN
- 9781137384072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898537
- ISBN
- 9788772898537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.08
€ 67.72
€ 53.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomsen, Ole. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897721
- ISBN
- 9788772897721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.08
€ 67.72
€ 53.08
Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896052
- ISBN
- 9788772896052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.08
€ 67.72
€ 53.08
Hardback. Brian Fagan investigates the impact that European contact had on a number of societies around the world. Each case describes the pre-European culture, the short term impact of contact and the enduring changes caused by the clash of cultures. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991458
- ISBN
- 9780761991458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.21
€ 167.21
Paperback. GALWAY "Bestselling author Malachy McCourt recounts the story of Ireland's timeless symbol of loyalty, friendship, and love, a ring design of two clasped hands that is worn by millions worldwide. Following th" Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBG; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780762420148
- ISBN
- 9780762420148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.80
€ 17.80
Paperback. Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. But what do we mean by civilization? This book shows that we can only truly understand our civilization by re-examining and confronting our past, with all its glories and catastrophes. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526063
- ISBN
- 9780099526063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
paperback. Civilization is a constantly invoked term. It is used by both politicians and scholars. How useful, in fact, is this term? Civilization and Its Contents traces the origins of the concept in the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750837
- ISBN
- 9780804750837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. The classic international bestseller -- a marvellously exciting and stimulating look at the emergence and development of Western civilisation Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: A; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568442
- ISBN
- 9780719568442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. What role might civil disobedience play in the politics of representative democracies as power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics has surrendered to the interests of global corporations what are the consequences? Quill proposes a reappraisal of civil disobedience and civil obedience in order to address these and other questions. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555051
- ISBN
- 9780230555051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
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€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814759356
- ISBN
- 9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. "The definitive study.. A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject."-Choice Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HRCX8; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218534
- ISBN
- 9780812218534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema age. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 250 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
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455782
- ISBN
- 9781349455782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452364
- ISBN
- 9780752452364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBW; HBWQ; JPS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811718981
- ISBN
- 9780811718981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.50
€ 32.99
€ 30.50
Paperback. In 1911, Winston S. Churchill and Robert L. Borden became companions in an attempt to provide naval security for the British Empire as a naval crisis loomed with Germany. Their scheme for Canada to provide battleships for the Royal Navy as part of an Imperial squadron was rejected by the Senate with great implications for the future. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBW; HBWQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453306
- ISBN
- 9781349453306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Hardback. This volume examines Churchill's intentions in writing his books of military history and contends that Churchill's books teach readers the prudence needed for self-government in a democratic age. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBAH; HBG; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521049
- ISBN
- 9780742521049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.50
€ 97.50
Paperback. Cat Wilson brings together two strands of historical scholarship: Churchill's work as a historian and the history of WWII in the Far East. Examining Churchill's portrayal of the British Empire's war against Japan, as set down in his memoirs, it ascertains whether he mythologised wartime Anglo-American relations to present a 'special relationship'. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349473168
- ISBN
- 9781349473168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardcover. Deriving from the first international conference of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Black Sea Studies, this volume reviews and discusses the elements on which the chronology used in Black Sea archaeology and history in the period c 400-100 BC is built up. It also includes amphora and amphora stamp chronologies. Editor(s): Stolba, Vladimir; Hannestad, Lise. Num Pages: 360 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QSK; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 26. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779341326
- ISBN
- 9788779341326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63