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Paperback. In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria and into India. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the author explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b/w images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292468
ISBN
9780520292468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

hardcover. Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
Edition
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107148536
ISBN
9781107148536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.24

Hardback. Puts the Renaissance Faire back at the historical centre of the American counterculture Num Pages: 359 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771389
ISBN
9780814771389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.42

Hardback. This book brings together a uniquely wide variety of sources, including historical chronicles, gravestones, ritual objects, liturgy, popular songs and more, to sketch a portrait of the ways in which Jews of this storied, populous, understudied community preserved their own local history and sought to transmit it to future generations. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804786027
ISBN
9780804786027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082541
ISBN
9781847082541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Series: Legends of America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493015719
ISBN
9781493015719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.47

Hardback. The English republican tradition and eighteenth-century France offers the first full account of the role played by English republican ideas in eighteenth-century French moral and political thought Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079320
ISBN
9780719079320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.85

Paperback. Focusing on paternity as a category of family history, Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898334
ISBN
9780801898334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. During the nineteenth-century, European women experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. Breaking away from traditional categories, the authors of this book provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333676066
ISBN
9780333676066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Hardback. Editor(s): McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 maps, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; 1FKP; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138307
ISBN
9780231138307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.58

Paperback. Editor(s): McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138314
ISBN
9780231138314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

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

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftone plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195367058
ISBN
9780195367058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.21

Hardback. This book explores the decision of the British Empire to import Chinese labour to southern Africa despite the already tense racial situation in the region. It enables a clearer understanding of racial and political developments in southern Africa during the reconstruction period and places localised issues within a wider historiography. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303775
ISBN
9780230303775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFH1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 585. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311042
ISBN
9781477311042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.62

Paperback. In 2003, the author arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old trainee journalist. She found a country on the brink of change. In this book, she unravels the complex forces shaping the lives of four young Egyptians caught between tradition and modernity, and what their stories mean for the future of the Middle East. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846557637
ISBN
9781846557637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBJK; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816683468
ISBN
9780816683468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Hardback. A wide-ranging analysis of whether tribes and tribal identities are becoming more rather than less pronounced in the contemporary Middle East. Editor(s): Rabi, Uzi. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043458
ISBN
9781849043458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 53.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Urim Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9789655241754
ISBN
9789655241754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648934
ISBN
9780691648934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.89

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