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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. As a child, Inga Markovits dreamt of stealing and reading every letter contained in a mailbox at a busy intersection of her town in order to learn what life is all about. When, decades later, working as a legal historian, she tracked down the almost complete archive of a former East German trial court, she knew that she had found her mailbox. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBLW; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143484
ISBN
9780691143484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. A work about the rich holdings of Greek manuscripts and miniatures in Princeton, New Jersey, housed in the Firestone Library and the art museum of Princeton University, in the Scheide Library, and in Princeton Theological Seminary. It features key monuments in the history of Byzantine illumination. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 544 pages, 250 color illus. 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GBCR; HBLC; HBLH; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 312 x 236 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2982.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143873
ISBN
9780691143873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 227.14
€ 177.03

Hardback. Helps to understand the intellectual and social transformation of China. This title distills the author's reflections on modern China and details change in Chinese historical studies in the 20th century. It assesses the work of historians prior to 1950 and the domination of China by the Communist Chinese. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. 22 color illus. 3 color maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144634
ISBN
9780691144634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Offers an account of how and why, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionaries and moral reformers undertook work abroad at an unprecedented rate and scale. This title presents how transnational organizing played a vital role in America's political and economic expansion. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145211
ISBN
9780691145211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 269 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145334
ISBN
9780691145334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. This title shows that religion became sectarian and partisan whenever it entered the political fray, and that religious agendas have always mixed with nonreligious ones. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146133
ISBN
9780691146133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.81

Paperback. Was there ever really a black-Jewish alliance in twentieth-century America? And if there was, what happened to it? This book answers these questions, drawing a portrait of what was less an alliance than a tumultuous political engagement - but one that energized the civil rights revolution, and affected the course of American politics as a whole. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146164
ISBN
9780691146164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. This book covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science onwards. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. 1 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBLW; JNB; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146195
ISBN
9780691146195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 520 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147307
ISBN
9780691147307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Presents a study of a controversy in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. This book explains how England's rulers failed to understand and respond to the initial evidence of erosion in their country's industrial, financial, naval, and military power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148007
ISBN
9780691148007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other - Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners. This book demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148526
ISBN
9780691148526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.97

Paperback. Brings together some of the top American historians to offer a look at one of the most controversial US presidencies. This book examines the successes as well as the failures, covering different major aspect of Bush's two terms in office. Editor(s): Zelizer, Julian E. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149011
ISBN
9780691149011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Collects the 526 documents of Thomas Jefferson that run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814, the period during which Jefferson reviews the extant sources on the 1765 Stamp Act crisis to aid William Wirt, a Patrick Henry scholar; records his largely positive impressions of George Washington; and, updates a reading list for law students. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 816 pages, 10 duotones. 11 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1285.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149752
ISBN
9780691149752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.44

Paperback. Takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This book compares Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis - two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; HBLC1; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150062
ISBN
9780691150062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, this title provides a fresh look at Mediterranean civilization in the midst of enormous change - as Christianity takes hold in rural areas across the empire, as western Roman provinces fall away from those in the Byzantine east, and as power shifts from Rome to Constantinople. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150253
ISBN
9780691150253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150819
ISBN
9780691150819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Hardback. Provides an interpretation of the emergence of British socialism in the late 19th century. This title shows that British socialists responded to the dilemmas of economics and faith against a background of diverse traditions, melding economic theories opposed to capitalism with theologies which argued that people were bound in divine fellowship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150833
ISBN
9780691150833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. Looks at the rise of humanitarian intervention in the nineteenth century, from the fall of Napoleon to the First World War. Examining the concept from a historical perspective, this title explores the understudied cases of European interventions and noninterventions in the Ottoman Empire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151335
ISBN
9780691151335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.94

Paperback. Examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and the reactions these relationships provoked from the US government. This title demonstrates the strong transnational connections between New Left groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBTB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152462
ISBN
9780691152462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? This title presents a history of eternity in Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBL; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152509
ISBN
9780691152509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Thomas Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. This title presents 591 documents of Jefferson dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 800 pages, 10 duotones. 25 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 56. Weight in Grams: 1285.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153186
ISBN
9780691153186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.50

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

Hardback. A title that opens on 1 July 1802, when Thomas Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. Upon learning in August of the declaration of war by Mawlay Sulayman, the sultan of Morocco, much of the president's and the cabinet's attention is focused on that issue. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 808 pages, 8 duotones. 7 line illus. 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: 1257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153230
ISBN
9780691153230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.82

Hardback. Introducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 5 halftones. 3 tables. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153339
ISBN
9780691153339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

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