History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, and the power of the courts have been the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. This work explains how five Supreme Court cases centered on those controversies shaped the country's destiny. It explores the Supreme Court's importance to America's social and political life. Editor(s): George, Robert P. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049526
- ISBN
- 9780691049526
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€ 46.99€ 33.48
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Paperback. Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume draws attention to the ways in which changing gender relations shaped the development and organization of the social knowledge. Editor(s): Silverberg, Helene. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048208
- ISBN
- 9780691048208
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Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 50.98
€ 64.66
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Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037875
- ISBN
- 9780691037875
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Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 50.79
€ 64.66
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Paperback. Chronicles the struggles of immigrants who have fled their homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. This book argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by scholars of immigration. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones, 3 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037820
- ISBN
- 9780691037820
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.15
€ 52.90
€ 42.15
Paperback. According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037622
- ISBN
- 9780691037622
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Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 50.63
€ 64.66
€ 50.63
Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036731
- ISBN
- 9780691036731
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Condition: New
€ 70.54€ 55.14
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Paperback. Offering a compelling inquiry into public events ranging from the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial through ethnic community fairs to pioneer celebrations, this title explores the stories, ideas, and symbols behind American commemorations over the last century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034959
- ISBN
- 9780691034959
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.15
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€ 42.15
Paperback. Offering a comprehensive social history of the Bon Marche, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, this title explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the emporia so vividly dramatized. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ; KNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034942
- ISBN
- 9780691034942
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.44
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€ 42.44
Paperback. Argues that the contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural; it is distinctively modern. This book examines how the arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 230 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025711
- ISBN
- 9780691025711
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€ 52.90€ 42.14
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Paperback. Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. This book argues that the technical and philosophical Hermetica, apparently so different, might be seen as aspects of a single "way of Hermes." Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024981
- ISBN
- 9780691024981
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
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€ 39.56
Paperback. The 'honorable men' who ruled the Old South had a language that comprised apparently outlandish features, yet revealed much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. This book demonstrates the language of honor that embraced a system of phrases, gestures, and behaviors centered on values, asserting authority and maintaining respect. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 28.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017198
- ISBN
- 9780691017198
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.35
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Paperback. Addresses questions central to the study of women's history. This book focuses on organizations that were open to women: the International Council of Women, founded in 1888; the International Alliance of Women, founded in 1904; and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, which grew out of the International Congress of Women. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 halftones 2 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016757
- ISBN
- 9780691016757
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Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 50.77
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Paperback. Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization. Translator(s): Cornman, Robert. Num Pages: 301 pages, 28 halftones 7 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015750
- ISBN
- 9780691015750
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Condition: New
€ 58.78€ 46.73
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Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015255
- ISBN
- 9780691015255
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Condition: New
€ 70.54€ 55.15
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Hardcover. The history of The Princeton Graduate School reveals a great deal about the explosion of knowledge that has radically changed American society in the twentieth century. First published in 1978, this book features chapters recounting the dramatic growth of graduate education since World War II. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1028.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011684
- ISBN
- 9780691011684
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Condition: New
€ 76.42€ 59.66
€ 76.42
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Paperback. An inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans that speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. This title makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010915
- ISBN
- 9780691010915
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.35
€ 52.90
€ 42.35
Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009322
- ISBN
- 9780691009322
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
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Paperback. Describes how blacks, Africans, and Afro-Americans, deeply influenced white's perceptions, values, and identity, and that although two world views existed, there was a deep symbiotic relatedness that must be explored if we are to understand either or both of them. Num Pages: 388 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006086
- ISBN
- 9780691006086
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.11
€ 52.90
€ 42.11
Paperback. In a 1968 speech on British immigration policy, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend. It reveals how 'Englishness' emerged against the institutions and experiences of the British Empire. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004037
- ISBN
- 9780691004037
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
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Paperback. In this study, originally published in Norway as Fra Principat Til Dominat, Professor L'Orange sets down the essence of his thought on the crucial period of transition from decentralization to standardization in civic and cultural life-a period not unlike our own. Num Pages: 131 pages, 67ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003054
- ISBN
- 9780691003054
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Condition: New
€ 56.43€ 44.59
€ 56.43
€ 44.59
Hardcover. Presents an analysis of the social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the holders of political power stem. This book focuses on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba'th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'etat of 1963, and the era of ivfiz al-Asad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002545
- ISBN
- 9780691002545
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Condition: New
€ 128.14€ 97.24
€ 128.14
€ 97.24
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. Alexander Sedgwick explores a tumultuous period of French history which coincided with and punctuates the Arnauld family's struggle with the world. He show how this family reacted to political and religious developments, and the ways in which they helped shape the history of their time. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 550 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674905672
- ISBN
- 9780674905672
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Condition: New
€ 90.47€ 82.23
€ 90.47
€ 82.23
Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728868
- ISBN
- 9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96