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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. This book challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth century, and provides a view of medieval prison life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135335
ISBN
9780691135335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

Hardback. Tells how Jan Jeroenszoon, through great personal courage and faith in the rule of law, managed to survive gruesome torture and vindicate himself by successfully arguing at trial that the authorities remained subject to the law even in times of war. Translator(s): Grayson, J. C. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135649
ISBN
9780691135649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.55

Hardback. From the end of the author's presidency until his death, this title includes 581 documents from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. It also takes readings of a solar eclipse; attempts to determine Monticello's longitude; measures Willis Mountain; and calls for a fixed international standard for measures, weights, and coins. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 800 pages, 10 duotones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
808
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135656
ISBN
9780691135656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 127.16

Paperback. Addresses what the author terms "the Roman dilemma" - the paradoxical notion that while global society depends on a system of rules for building peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. This book argues that a rule-based world order eventually subverts and destroys itself. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136356
ISBN
9780691136356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A collection of Richard Nixon's, America's most controversial president, important writings that demonstrates why he has had such a profound impact on American life. It includes some of the famous addresses in American history, from Nixon's 'Checkers' speech and 'Last Press Conference', to the 'Silent Majority' speech and White House farewell. Editor(s): Perlstein, Rick. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 119 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136998
ISBN
9780691136998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Contains Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death. This work includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 792 pages, 8 duotones. 10 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137711
ISBN
9780691137711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 127.16

Hardback. Includes Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death that presents 516 documents from 11 March to 27 November 1813. This volume records the most intense period of correspondence between Jefferson and John Adams during their retirement. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 776 pages, 10 duotones. 17 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 56. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137728
ISBN
9780691137728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 127.16

Paperback. Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions. This book demonstrates that Stalin was determined to show how scientific truth and Party doctrine reinforced one another. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138251
ISBN
9780691138251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138800
ISBN
9780691138800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. A collection of letters that tantalizes questions about the role of Christianity and the church in an increasingly secular world. It provides a fresh perspective on religious and secular life in the postwar era. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 123 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139210
ISBN
9780691139210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140056
ISBN
9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Hardback. Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life. This title explores why these animals mattered to the Greeks, how they came to be a key element in Greek thought and behavior, and how the Greeks exploited the symbolic value of cattle as a way of structuring social and economic relations. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140070
ISBN
9780691140070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.38

Hardback. The scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was democratic in nature, stressing the role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. The author challenges this view, warning that this trend threatens to become an orthodoxy, and defending that the republic was a Roman, oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Translator(s): Heitmann-Gordon, Henry. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised, Updated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140384
ISBN
9780691140384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.57

Hardback. A work on the wartime letters of Dr Konrad Jarausch, a German high-school teacher of religion and history who served in a reserve battalion of Hitler's army in Poland and Russia, where he died of typhoid in 1942. Editor(s): Jarausch, Konrad H. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140421
ISBN
9780691140421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. In the 1960s, Mississippi was the heart of white southern resistance to the civil-rights movement. This work shows how Mississippi leaders strategically accommodated themselves to the demands of civil-rights activists and the federal government seeking to end Jim Crow, and in so doing contributed to a vibrant conservative countermovement. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 halftones. 6 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJ; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140940
ISBN
9780691140940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140957
ISBN
9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. Demonstrates that speculation and capital, the commodity, the crowd, traffic, and the street, often thought to be historically specific to nineteenth-century urban culture, were in fact already at work in early modern London and Paris. This title challenges the notion of a rupture between premodern and modern societies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141107
ISBN
9780691141107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this book features a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era. It positions race at the center of the British, imperial, and transatlantic political culture of the 1930s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141862
ISBN
9780691141862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. A book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. It takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141930
ISBN
9780691141930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.38

Hardback. A new international maritime order was forged in the early modern age, yet histories of the period have dealt almost exclusively with the Atlantic and Indian oceans. This book brings the Mediterranean and Catholic piracy into the broader context of early modern history, and focuses on commerce and the struggle for power in this volatile age. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141978
ISBN
9780691141978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.79

Hardback. A modern edition and an English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century "Geographika of Eratosthenes". It describes the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known, Eratosthenes of Kyrene (ca 285-205 BC) invented the discipline of geography as we understand it. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142678
ISBN
9780691142678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.79

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142838
ISBN
9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. "The papers published in this volume resulted from a conference on early Greek hoplite warfare held at Yale University in April 2008." Editor(s): Kagan, Donald M.; Viggiano, Gregory F. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143019
ISBN
9780691143019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.78
€ 44.74

Hardback. Presenting a picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people, this book describes how these vulnerable people confronted life, from birth to death, including childhood, marriage, work, sex, food, illness, religion, and the natural world. It describes how they encountered the basic material facts of their lives. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143125
ISBN
9780691143125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

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