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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. This book shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies - over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 396 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBJK; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283879
ISBN
9780520283879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754262
ISBN
9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.83

Hardback. When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620763
ISBN
9780745620763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.75

Paperback. What caused the emergence of nationalist movements in many post-communist states? This text answers this and many other questions, starting by tracing the Russian nationalist movement from its origins, to its institutionalization in electoral alliances, and political movements of the early 1990s. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004382
ISBN
9780674004382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.02

Paperback. An acclaimed history of the biggest, brashest and most tumultuous decade in recent British history. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
PB Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781310724
ISBN
9781781310724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.28

paperback. To explain why Russia took the course it did, McCauley examines the period through the prism of government, including Yeltsin's shadow government, and looks at the military, police, security and intelligence services. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582357648
ISBN
9780582357648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.65

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173528
ISBN
9780691173528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. This work shows that the collapse of the post-reformation confessional state was more the result of religious dissent from within, much of it orthodox, than attacks of an anti-religious Enlightenment. Editor(s): Bradley, James E.; Kley, Dale K. van. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9; HRAX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040529
ISBN
9780268040529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Illustrates the relationship between religion and society across the whole of modern Europe. Traces the evolution of secular states from the religious societies of the past. Reveals convergence in religious experience between different countries across the continent. Translator(s): Nevill, Antonia. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631208181
ISBN
9780631208181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353379
ISBN
9780822353379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This analysis of beliefs held on different levels of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA; JFCX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140137446
ISBN
9780140137446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC2; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170848
ISBN
9780691170848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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. Num Pages: 246 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067186
ISBN
9780226067186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.97

Paperback. Examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion. This book describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, and Roman government. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 1 line illus., 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRC; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070544
ISBN
9780691070544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Hardback. Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838852
ISBN
9781843838852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190674137
ISBN
9780190674137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.28

Hardcover. This work shows that the collapse of the post-reformation confessional state was more the result of religious dissent from within, much of it orthodox, than attacks of an anti-religious Enlightenment. Editor(s): Kley, Dale K. van; Bradley, James E. (Geoffrey W. Bromiley Professor of Church History, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA). Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9; HRAX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040512
ISBN
9780268040512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481968
ISBN
9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 79.10

Paperback. Identifying the three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission, the author shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth, power, and territory, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA1; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226251875
ISBN
9780226251875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610962
ISBN
9780691610962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.89
€ 55.32

Hardcover. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933457
ISBN
9780861933457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

Paperback. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight: 370.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521388672
ISBN
9780521388672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838630
ISBN
9781843838630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

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