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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change. This volume focuses on the intellectual and literary culture of the time, investigating complex relationships between late-Antique authors and the texts which they had inherited through the classical (pagan) and Christian traditions. Editor(s): Scourfield, J.H.D. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125173
ISBN
9781905125173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

Paperback. Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. This book asks whether the differences between accounts of these regions reflect real economic differences. Editor(s): Manning, J. G.; Morris, Ian. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757553
ISBN
9780804757553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749457
ISBN
9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 60.12

Hardback. This concise overview of the history and historiography of the American South puts the major problems and issues of that region into clear, accessible prose. * Examines the major problems and issues of the Old South in clear, accessible prose. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209638
ISBN
9780631209638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431. Clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW. Signed and inscribed by author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AIAA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002296
ISBN
9781403911995
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Here, the author analyzes the debate over subjectivity. He traces the arguments of intellectuals from various disciplines and viewpoints, and asserts that despite their stress on individual autonomy, they all came to define subjectivity in terms of deterministic historical structures. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451220
ISBN
9780226451220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351313
ISBN
9780822351313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. How much radiation is too much? This title examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. Num Pages: 189 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; PNRL; RNP; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223288
ISBN
9780520223288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.84
€ 49.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452. The Restoration of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire. 266 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619559
ISBN
9780748619559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.03

Paperback. Presents an account of the birth of modern California. This book frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. Num Pages: 366 pages, 275 color and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520214026
ISBN
9780520214026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

paperback. A survey of the medieval tradition of exploration, its roots in the classical ideas of the world and its role in fostering the voyages of the Renaissance. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 239. Signed by the author with an inscription to the previous owner. Lightly scored copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022856
ISBN
9780192891235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Examines the nature and ideas, as well as the underlying social interests and motives, of the reform movements of the early-19th century. It also pays attention to other agitations of the period, including Luddism, co-operative socialism and the Factory Movement. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631139522
ISBN
9780631139522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.39

Hardback. The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90 per cent of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and culture of the minority elite. This book helps redress the balance by focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world. It builds an account of the everyday lives of the masses. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643090
ISBN
9780745643090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. Roman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout history for its great triumphs. Yet Rome also suffered colossal disasters. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651026
ISBN
9780745651026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. A sparkling introduction to the Ancient World that brings its peoples and cultures vividly to life. Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 maps (in 2-colour) and 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254202
ISBN
9781781254202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Drawing on notions of personal honor, manly vigor, and sophisticated craftsmanship, the games were a story that the Romans loved to tell themselves about themselves. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415864
ISBN
9781421415864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.84

Hardcover. Inspired by the classic works of Tawney and Postan, this collection of essays examines their relevance to historians today, distinguishing between their contrasting approaches to the pre-industrial economy and exploring the development of agriculture and rural industry in the English countryside. Editor(s): Bowen, J. P.; Brown, A. T. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291447
ISBN
9781909291447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Paperback. Inspired by the works of Tawney and Postan, this volume examines their relevance to historians today, distinguishing between their contrasting approaches to the pre-industrial economy and exploring the development of agriculture and rural industry; changes in land and property rights; and competition over resources in the English countryside. Editor(s): Bowen, J. P.; Brown, A. T. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 176 x 247 x 16. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909291454
ISBN
9781909291454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Hillgarth, J. N. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812212136
ISBN
9780812212136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Reconstruction-era Klan, focusing especially on Major Merrill and the Seventh Cavalry's efforts to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan to the light of day. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550780
ISBN
9780742550780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.69

Paperback. This revised and updated edition is a history of Western Europe, tracing its development from the dissolution of the late-Roman Empire to the emergence, in the 10th century, of the individual states of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3D; 3F; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202929
ISBN
9780631202929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.92

Hardback. Proposes that the origins of modernism movement can be traced well into the nineteenth century. This book contends that several cultural developments after the Civil War set the stage for modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691118130
ISBN
9780691118130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.23
€ 74.52

Hardback. The book documents thirty cases in which university-trained scholars were condemned for disseminating allegedly erroneous opinions in their teaching or writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812233186
ISBN
9780812233186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. Conjures the consciousness of Mexico, evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. This book takes readers into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226110035
ISBN
9780226110035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

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