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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137371713
ISBN
9781137371713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Paperback. Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349475759
ISBN
9781349475759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications. Num Pages: 170 pages, 81 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; ACK; HBJD; HBLC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 238 x 13. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023173
ISBN
9780884023173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.37

Num Pages: 256 pages, 329 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764343797
ISBN
9780764343797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28
€ 38.86

Paperback. Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897930
ISBN
9781861897930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.07

Paperback. Seeks to establish the interrelations among the three known works of the Cairene historian al-Jabarti, which are the best known narrative sources in Arabic for the entire period of Ottoman rule in Egypt (1517-1798) until the rise of Mehmet Ali Pasha. Num Pages: 358 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
358
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779342811
ISBN
9788779342811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.97

Paperback. Between 1347 and 1352 an unknown and deadly disease, only much later known as the Black Death, swept across Europe, leaving an estimated 30-50 per cent of the population dead. This book deals with plague, particularly in Northern Europe, in various aspects: epidemiology, pattern of dispersion, demography, social consequences, and religious impact. Editor(s): Bisgaard, Lars; Sondergaard, Leif. Num Pages: 236 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776743895
ISBN
9788776743895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. This book argues that the Enlightenment created the intellectual foundations of modern anthropology, and cultivated the anthropological pursuit of cultural perspective. Editor(s): Wolff, Larry; Cipolloni, Marco. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752039
ISBN
9780804752039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.91

hardcover. This work studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the 18th century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVWYC; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 277. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804739450
ISBN
9780804739450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JF; AN; AVGC9; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795777
ISBN
9780804795777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.35

Paperback. This work studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the 18th century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVWYC; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739467
ISBN
9780804739467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.80

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727020
ISBN
9780804727020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Long before the photo op, political rulers were manipulating visual imagery to cultivate their authority. The Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) was, this title argues, the first ruler to exploit the propaganda power of printed images and text. It explores how Maximilian used illustrations and other visual arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130194
ISBN
9780691130194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.52
€ 66.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 39 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 308 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Schiffer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870336423
ISBN
9780870336423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.12

Hardback. The little known story of the five hundred volunteers from California known as the "California Hundred and Battalion." This is not a narrative or reworded history, the words are from those who were there. Gain new insights into California's involvement in the Civil War. Num Pages: 560 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313912
ISBN
9780764313912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.15

Hardback. Examines the rise of the German Communist Party in the crucial period between the Kapp Putsch and the stabilization of the Weimar Republic. Based on extensive archival research, this text reconstructs Communist participation in union and protest movements in Rhineland-Westphalia. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 551 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBG; HBLL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
551
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792321118
ISBN
9780792321118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 348.87

Hardback. This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3D; HBLA; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503473
ISBN
9781137503473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.51

Paperback. "Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349354726
ISBN
9781349354726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. This book examines the evolution of public assistance for the poor in England from the late medieval era to the Industrial Revolution. Placing poor relief in the context of the unique class relations of agrarian capitalism, it considers how and why relief in England in the early modern period was distinct. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFSC; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230516939
ISBN
9780230516939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.82

Paperback. Focusing on a neglected aspect of the Civil War's social history, Mr. Logue describes the character and experience of its soldiers, North and South, and how their postwar lives affected the history of the nation. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 183 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630948
ISBN
9781566630948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.44

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