History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
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
€ 82.88€ 63.27
€ 82.88
€ 63.27
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€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
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€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
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
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
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€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
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
€ 65.12€ 49.96
€ 65.12
€ 49.96
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€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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
€ 227.33€ 173.26
€ 227.33
€ 173.26
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€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
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€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
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
€ 56.83€ 44.63
€ 56.83
€ 44.63
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€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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
€ 82.88€ 63.23
€ 82.88
€ 63.23
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
€ 77.34
€ 77.34
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
€ 71.04€ 54.23
€ 71.04
€ 54.23
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€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
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€ 30.81
€ 42.99
€ 30.81
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€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20
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€ 30.67
€ 42.99
€ 30.67