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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
€ 34.09

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

€ 71.74

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
€ 28.39

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

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
€ 24.17

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
€ 18.50

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

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

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

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

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

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

€ 67.42
€ 52.64

Paperback. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He shows how the most profitable fish in history is faced with extinction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WBT; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268703
ISBN
9780099268703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Paperback. An entertaining and multidimensional portrait of currency through the ages. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848549043
ISBN
9781848549043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Wohlforth, William C. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271022383
ISBN
9780271022383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.32

paperback. *A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history *Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC series Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated: 80, b/w int photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349120805
ISBN
9780349120805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.68

Hardback. Offers a study of the connections between French colonial migrants and white women in Paris between the world wars. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, 6 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225459
ISBN
9780803225459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Hardback. Explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFD; GTB; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253011602
ISBN
9780253011602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

Paperback. Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DNJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420149
ISBN
9780938420149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. All Greek is translated, to that the work is accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the ancient language. Num Pages: 560 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198150992
ISBN
9780198150992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 236.10

Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089317
ISBN
9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719414
ISBN
9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardcover. A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118294802
ISBN
9781118294802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, over 70 b/w photographs, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764305931
ISBN
9780764305931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. Summary of the current debate about the nature of modern conflict, which analysts have been struggling to define since the end of the Cold War Editor(s): Haug, Karl Erik; Maao, Ole Jurgen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042727
ISBN
9781849042727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. Provides a thorough history of the nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame. This title provides the rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBT; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 141 x 40. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773525641
ISBN
9780773525641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

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