Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian's rule in the sixth century AD, the author offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilization by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 maps, 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198317
- ISBN
- 9780300198317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.22
€ 19.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B C E. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, it integrates political, military, social, and cultural history. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300160055
- ISBN
- 9780300160055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651248
- ISBN
- 9780691651248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.09
€ 186.09
Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624686
- ISBN
- 9780691624686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.15
€ 53.40
€ 42.15
Hardback. Ideal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War. Series: Documentary and Reference Guides. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313343872
- ISBN
- 9780313343872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.55€ 40.28
€ 111.55
€ 40.28
Paperback. Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West, where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFZ; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264363
- ISBN
- 9780226264363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Hardback. In this work a decorated combat veteran, plus bestselling author, turns his sights on the true focal point of the Vietnam War. He unveils a chronicle of unsung U.S. courage in battle, while also acknowledging that the second the U.S. decided to give up on its fight for the A Shau Valley it was clear that the war had been lost .. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003542
- ISBN
- 9781612003542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.35
€ 40.99
€ 33.35
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPJ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638058
- ISBN
- 9780691638058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.78
€ 173.78
Paperback. Demonstrates that European influence on decision-making processes in Washington during the Cold War worked through three mechanisms: norms prescribing consultations among the allies; use of domestic pressures for leverage in trans-atlantic interactions; and, trans-national and trans-governmental coalitions among societal and bureaucratic actors. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017112
- ISBN
- 9780691017112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.83€ 53.41
€ 68.83
€ 53.41
hardcover. Shows that between 1800 and 1945, the fundamentalist desire for a single communal faith played a crucial role in the radicalization of Germany's political Right. This book says that a nationalist faith gained a wider appeal, because people were searching for a sense of identity and belonging, a mental map for the world and metaphysical security. Series: Monographs in German History. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845453688
- ISBN
- 9781845453688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Paperback. Constituting over ninety percent of China's population, Han is not only the largest ethnonational group in that country but also one of the largest categories of human identity in world history. This book examines this ambiguous identity, one that shares features with, but cannot be subsumed under, existing notions of ethnicity, culture, and race. Editor(s): Mullaney, Thomas S.; Leibold, James Patrick; Gros, Stephane; Vanden Bussche, Eric Armand. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 418 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289758
- ISBN
- 9780520289758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.59€ 42.96
€ 54.59
€ 42.96
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
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. An engaging, balanced, and penetrating narrative biography of the charismatic eighteenth-century American evangelist Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300223583
- ISBN
- 9780300223583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187328
- ISBN
- 9780300187328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
€ 25.99
€ 19.64
Hardback. The author provides a fresh way of looking at various aspects of ancient Egypt - from history, art and everyday life to religion and ancient attitudes to death and the afterlife. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780762302
- ISBN
- 9781780762302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.35
€ 52.99
€ 44.35
Paperback. A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817995829
- ISBN
- 9780817995829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.88
€ 25.88
Paperback. Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From 'gun control myths' to 'mealy mouth media' to 'free lunch medicine', Sowell gets to the heart of matters with his characteristically unsparing candour. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817947521
- ISBN
- 9780817947521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
Hardback. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239263
- ISBN
- 9780812239263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Paperback. Breaks new scholarly boundaries in the exploration of cultural and scientific exchanges across Mongol Eurasia. Series Editor(s): Morgan, David. Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521602709
- ISBN
- 9780521602709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.79
€ 64.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112589
- ISBN
- 9780226112589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.88
€ 51.99
€ 39.88