History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014002
- ISBN
- 9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.22
€ 25.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. What he describes is, in fact, a drawn-out period of acculturation, characterized more by continuity than by change and conflict and leading to the creation of a new Romano-barbarian hybrid society and culture that anticipated the values and traditions of medieval civilization. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18, 6 maps, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892707
- ISBN
- 9780801892707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.71
€ 46.71
Paperback. "Thorough and convincing.. likely to become the standard work on the subject." Library Journal"Highly readable." Medieval Literature"A major work of synthesis." Walter E. Kaegi "Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." Antiquaries Journal" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253206008
- ISBN
- 9780253206008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.89
€ 25.99
€ 23.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637114
- ISBN
- 9781566637114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.96
€ 42.99
€ 35.96
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645391
- ISBN
- 9780691645391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.85
€ 196.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBT; JNF; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610486040
- ISBN
- 9781610486040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.38
€ 52.99
€ 50.38
Paperback. The Vikings called North America 'Vinland', the land of wine. The history of wine in America is, in many ways, the history of American origins and of American enterprise in microcosm. This title offers a comprehensive account of winemaking in the US, from the Norse discovery of native grapes in 1001 AD, through Prohibition, and up to the present. Num Pages: 572 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 31. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 572
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254299
- ISBN
- 9780520254299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.96
€ 44.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBT. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718197285
- ISBN
- 9780718197285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277519
- ISBN
- 9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277502
- ISBN
- 9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.76€ 72.38
€ 94.76
€ 72.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195051919
- ISBN
- 9780195051919
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Condition: New
€ 33.76
€ 33.76
Paperback. In Human-Built World, Thomas P. Hughes restores to technology the richness and depth it deserves by writing its intellectual history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 42halftones. BIC Classification: HBTK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- science.culture
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359342
- ISBN
- 9780226359342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.98
€ 27.99
€ 22.98
Hardback. Translation of: Schlafender Lotos, trunkenes Huhn. Translator(s): Margolis, Karen. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161862
- ISBN
- 9780231161862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.17
€ 46.99
€ 33.17
Paperback. Presents an account of the concept of revolution in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. This title provides the full length account of Deleuze and Guattari's relationship to a concrete revolutionary struggle. It also outlines the theoretical and practical origins of the return to political revolution. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; HPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699797
- ISBN
- 9780748699797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. In the late summer of 1984, the author and a group of his archaeology students excavated fragments of Chinese porcelain at the site of a Pomo Indian village a hundred miles north of San Francisco. How did these ceramics, which were more than a hundred years old, find their way to this remote area? Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738491
- ISBN
- 9780804738491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651279
- ISBN
- 9780691651279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.37
€ 203.37
Paperback. Proffers diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. This book brings political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means. Editor(s): Bisson, T. N. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215557
- ISBN
- 9780812215557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.23
€ 41.99
€ 37.23
Hardback. A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M.; Donnan, Hastings. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 636 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFC; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198936
- ISBN
- 9781405198936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.68
€ 195.68
Paperback. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTV4; JFCX; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608464784
- ISBN
- 9781608464784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.25
€ 60.25
Paperback. Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And then, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who got away with faking His Majesty's coins, and was trying to take over the Mint itself. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229932
- ISBN
- 9780571229932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97