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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90 per cent of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and culture of the minority elite. This book helps redress the balance by focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world. It builds an account of the everyday lives of the masses. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643090
ISBN
9780745643090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.25

Paperback. Focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world, this book builds an account of the everyday lives of the masses, including their social and family life, health, leisure and religious beliefs, and the ways in which their popular culture resisted the domination of the ruling elite. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643106
ISBN
9780745643106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.35

Hardback. An outstanding collection, bringing together some of the leading historians of this period with some of the field's rising stars, which examines key issues in popular politics, the negotiation of power, strategies of legitimation, and the languages of politics. Editor(s): Braddick, Michael J.; Withington, Phil. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781783271719
ISBN
9781783271719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. Over 360 photos display machine-made marbles in many varieties produced by American manufacturers, including Alley Agate, Champion, Jackson Marble, Master Glass, Playrite, and Vacor. Marbles displayed include Cat's Eyes, Glassies, Moss Agates, Opals, Patches, Swirls, and more. Values are found in the captions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 365 color photos. BIC Classification: AJC; HBT; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326400
ISBN
9780764326400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.00

Paperback.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595552730
ISBN
9781595552730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Hardcover. At the cutting edge of 'the new social and demographic history', this book provides a detailed picture of the most comprehensive system of poor relief operated by any Elizabethan town. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396915
ISBN
9781907396915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.32

A chilling wartime diary of the destruction of the Lithuanian/Polish Jews, recorded by a non-Jew Editor(s): Arad, Yitzhak. Translator(s): Weinbaum, Laurance. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108538
ISBN
9780300108538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.82
€ 41.62

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DST; HBJD; HBT; WBN; WBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152068
ISBN
9780231152068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.25

Hardback. Offers a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty. This book explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reproduction in the survival strategies of the rural poor under conditions of overpopulation, worsening sex ratios, and shrinking farm sizes. Num Pages: 499 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287037
ISBN
9780520287037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.91
€ 61.03

Paperback. Provides a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil. Num Pages: 564 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234284
ISBN
9780520234284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.77

Hardback. In 1990 ten per cent of Indian babies died in their first year - in Kerala the rate was less than three per cent. Kerala also boasted India's longest life expectancy and highest female literacy. This book explains how the combination of politics and women has produced the Kerala model. Series: Cambridge Commonwealth Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333548080
ISBN
9780333548080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 316.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Channon, John. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349265312
ISBN
9781349265312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Hardcover. Britain's 19th-century diplomatic efforts for abolition of slavery took contemporary pre-eminence over most questions and almost sparked war with France in 1845. Paul Kielstra examines the issue in Anglo-French relations. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333730263
ISBN
9780333730263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.13

Paperback. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment. Editor(s): Starrs, R. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316595
ISBN
9781349316595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the junctures of politics and performance in contemporary Northern Ireland. Four chapters are about live theatre and television performances, and the remaining five chapters describe the dramatic struggles played out in various social settings. Editor(s): Harrington, John P.; Mitchell, Elizabeth J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354. 8vo.Standard paperback edition.

. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0296660
ISBN
9781558491977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739818
ISBN
9780804739818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.22

Paperback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739825
ISBN
9780804739825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Paperback. This text, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize, examines the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. It traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the growth of a new radicalism during the latter half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069562
ISBN
9780226069562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Hardback. Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is known about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3H; HBJH; HBLC; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621930
ISBN
9780230621930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. In this new important book, Graldine Muhlmann provides a comparative history of the rise of modern journalism, from the revolution of the late nineteenth century, with its new concern for facts, through to the present day. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635736
ISBN
9780745635736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

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