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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, this title focuses on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153216
ISBN
9780691153216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.46

Paperback. For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapters that focus on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of eunuchs), and a symbol of civilization (the fork). Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141031026
ISBN
9780141031026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Hardback. Explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece, this title shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military, civilian, and more. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153018
ISBN
9780691153018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Hardback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063676
ISBN
9780271063676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01
€ 55.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063683
ISBN
9780271063683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. An account of ethnic minority politics, this work explains when and how European institutions successfully used norms and incentives to shape domestic policy toward ethnic minorities and why those measures sometimes failed. It also provides keen policy insights for the strategic choices made by actors in international institutions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 1QFW; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JPSN2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127712
ISBN
9780691127712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605111
ISBN
9780691605111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Hardback. This book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 23 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733885
ISBN
9780804733885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877979
ISBN
9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. The Macdonald sisters - Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa - started life among the ranks of the lower-middle classes. But as wives and mothers they made a single family of the poet Rudyard Kipling, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin. This title presents Macdonald sisters' story. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables, portraits, notes, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140284898
ISBN
9780140284898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 376 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ1; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152419
ISBN
9780415152419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.64

Paperback. Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224742
ISBN
9780520224742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Part biography, part memoir, all brilliantly written, Funny How Things Turn Out chronicles the long, long life of Muriel Newmarch and her daughter. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857208217
ISBN
9780857208217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. This book is essential reading on the reign of Henry I and on the general development of English government in the twelfth century. Series Editor(s): McKitterick, Rosamond; Carpenter, Christine; Shepard, Jonathan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521375863
ISBN
9780521375863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.77

Paperback. This text tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1K; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008342
ISBN
9780674008342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Ethnographic studies trace the background to and impact of urbanisation and Christianisation, and the development of royal power, which stimulated the transition from the Viking age to the medieval period. Editor(s): Jesch, Judith. Series: Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology. Num Pages: 382 pages, 2, 2 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; HDDM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837282
ISBN
9781843837282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.97

Hardback. The fall of the powerful Safavid Dynasty (1501-1722) to invading Afghan tribesmen in 1722 marked a crucial turning point in the country's history. Num Pages: 904 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JF; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764689
ISBN
9781780764689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 446.84

Paperback. Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers advice as well as philosophical meditation. Vives stressed that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226858159
ISBN
9780226858159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Histoire & Collections France
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9782352503231
ISBN
9782352503231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494. 8vo.Very good copy in clean dustwrapper. Military history
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0276006
ISBN
9781591149682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. From 1918 into the early twenties, any African American who spoke out forcefully for their race-editors, union organizers, civil rights advocates, radical political activists, and Pan-Africanists - were likely to be investigated by a network of federal intelligence agencies. This title presents an account of this story. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213549
ISBN
9780253213549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.27

Paperback. Challenges long-standing views of popular medieval revolts. Comparing rebellions in northern and southern Europe over two centuries, this book analyzes their causes and forms, their leadership, the role of women, and the suppression or success of these revolts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 260 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030381
ISBN
9780674030381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.81
€ 47.25

Hardback. Provides a glimpse into Martin Luther King's early relationship with President John F Kennedy and his efforts to remain relevant in a protest movement growing increasingly massive and militant. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha Hart. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 facsimiles, 21 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282698
ISBN
9780520282698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.53
€ 57.98

Paperback. Zamumo's Gifts traces the evolution of Indian-European exchange, from gift giving as a diplomatic tool to the trade of commodities that bound colonists and Natives in commercial relations. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222234
ISBN
9780812222234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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