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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life. Editor(s): Bitel, Lisa M.; Lifshitz, Felice. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCV4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220131
ISBN
9780812220131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Farmer, Sharon A.; Pasternack, Carol Braun (both of University of California, USA). Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638949
ISBN
9780816638949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Traces the genealogy of modern womanhood in the encounters between Koreans and American Protestant missionaries in the early twentieth century, during Korea's colonization by Japan. This book presents an historically specific, textured analysis that sheds light on the interplay between local and global politics of gender and modernity. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098695
ISBN
9780520098695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Daybell, Professor James; Norrhem, Svante. Num Pages: 258 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138667426
ISBN
9781138667426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Hardback. This volume makes a major contribution to Scottish, British and comparative gender, women's and labour history by combining personal testimony methodology, socio-economic and cultural analysis to reveal the dynamics of gender within a society considered by historians to be extremely misogynist Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639816
ISBN
9780748639816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.99

Paperback. This work looks at the crisis of gender in Weimar Germany through the analysis of selected cultural texts. It traces the crisis of gender identities, both male and female, and reveals how a variety of narratives of the time displaced an assortment of social anxieties onto sexual relations. Num Pages: 250 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293024
ISBN
9780312293024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06
€ 75.12

Paperback. A nuanced re-evaluation of the ways in which gender affected the use of physical space in early modern England. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. 220 pages, black & white illustrations. A nuanced re-evaluation of the ways in which gender affected the use of physical space in early modern England. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight: 336.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836506
ISBN
9781843836506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.90

Paperback. aeo Adds to explosion of interest in issues of gender, the body, and history. aeo Investigates the centrality of gender distinctions to ancient societies. aeo Complements the study of women in antiquity. Editor(s): Wyke, Maria. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205241
ISBN
9780631205241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813534381
ISBN
9780813534381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Explores the role of gender on both the home and fighting fronts in Eastern Europe during the First and Second World Wars. This book includes themes such as: the ways in which wartime experiences challenge traditional gender roles; post-war restoration of gender order; collaboration and resistance; the body; and memory and commemoration. Editor(s): Wingfield, Nancy M.; Bucur-Deckard, Maria. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218445
ISBN
9780253218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Examines the issues of gender and class in the teaching profession of late imperial Russia, at a time when the vocation was becoming increasingly feminized in a zealously patriarchal society. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363. Lacking dustjacket otherwise a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEC0000166
ISBN
9780822985761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.91
€ 56.54

Paperback. Gender in Scottish History offers a new perspective on Scotland's past since around 1700, viewing some of the main themes with a gendered perspective. Editor(s): Abrams, Lynn; Gordon, Eleanor; Simonton, Deborah; Yeo, Eileen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617616
ISBN
9780748617616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.46

Hardback. Gender in Scottish History offers a new perspective on Scotland's past since around 1700, viewing some of the main themes with a gendered perspective. Editor(s): Abrams, Lynn; Gordon, Eleanor; Simonton, Deborah; Yeo, Eileen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617609
ISBN
9780748617609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.42
€ 125.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719066993
ISBN
9780719066993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. Includes chapters which treat men as well as women, theories of sexuality as well as gender prescriptions, and same-sex as well as heterosexual relations. This book examines how Japanese have (en) gendered their ideas, institutions, and society. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 46. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028166
ISBN
9780674028166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. A collection in which a group of leading historians of medieval Europe apply a gendered analysis to a series of questions ranging from the transformation of the Roman world and the Christian challenge to late antique masculinity, through canon law and Byzantine coinage to the childhood of medieval visionaries. Editor(s): Stafford, Pauline; Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226512
ISBN
9780631226512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.96

hardcover. Genealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756488
ISBN
9780804756488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Hardcover. Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry. It is both the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975590
ISBN
9780674975590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Hardcover. This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends. Editor(s): Cole, Richard Cargill; Baker, Peter S.; McClennan, Rachel; Caudle, James C. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 595.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604036
ISBN
9780748604036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.21
€ 219.46

Hardback. The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769 Editor(s): Cole, Richard Cargill; Baker, Peter S.; McClennan, Rachel; Caudle, James C. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 320 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608102
ISBN
9780748608102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.21
€ 219.46

Hardcover. General Ioan Emanoil Florescu modernized the Romanian army in the second half of the 19th century, following the union of the Romanian principalities but predating the war for Romanian independence. This title stresses the role of General Florescu, whose model for modernization was primarily the French army. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336130
ISBN
9780880336130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 photographs, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072598
ISBN
9780252072598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Hardcover. Jan Smuts was one of the key figures behind the creation of the League of Nations; Wilson was inspired by his ideas, including the mandates scheme. He pleaded for a magnanimous peace, warning that the treaty of Versailles would lead to another war. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791828
ISBN
9781905791828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

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