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History: specific events & topics
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€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
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€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
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.
. 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
€ 15.00
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€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
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
€ 79.44€ 61.33
€ 79.44
€ 61.33
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€ 39.16
€ 46.99
€ 39.16
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
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
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
€ 27.28
€ 27.28
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
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526114754
- ISBN
- 9781526114754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.00
€ 104.00
Paperback. This book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities, one Jewish, the other Slavic, who found refuge in Shanghai during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750233
- ISBN
- 9780804750233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 229ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674690769
- ISBN
- 9780674690769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis South Africa
- Number of pages
- 1344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869197490
- ISBN
- 9781869197490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.22
€ 52.99
€ 44.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; AJC; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 269 x 19. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Halsgrove
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857042637
- ISBN
- 9780857042637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.51
€ 23.99
€ 20.51
Hardback. Sheds light on the relationship between portraiture, social affirmation and the myth of Antiquity as it was experienced and elaborated in 18th-century Rome. This book offers insights and readings into how the experience of the City in terms of abstract or concrete appropriation affected the ways of portraying innate or visiting elite sitters. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AGHF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719075964
- ISBN
- 9780719075964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.28
€ 19.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Through photographs and text, Ray Rileylooks at the history of Portsmouth's shipyards and relationship with the navy." Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; HBTM; WGG; WQH; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752427768
- ISBN
- 9780752427768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. This book examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia at several scales: the local ethnographic literature; histories of contact and conflict in mainland B.C. from the early nineteenth century; the theology and sociology of mission; and the recent critical literature on European colonialism. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806541
- ISBN
- 9780774806541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205086
- ISBN
- 9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Hardback. A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208528
- ISBN
- 9780300208528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.05
€ 36.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. Groundbreaking collection of specially commissioned essays in which the ethnic literatures of North America are added to the developing postcolonial canon. Editor(s): Madsen, Deborah L. Series: Post-colonial Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780745315102
- ISBN
- 9780745315102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.72
€ 40.99
€ 31.72