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Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072923
- ISBN
- 9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
Paperback. Demonstrates that Japan is not a declining economy and will compete with China for political and economic power in the years to come Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042154
- ISBN
- 9781849042154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.43
€ 40.99
€ 36.43
Hardback. From the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts that make up the legend of Alexander, this extraordinary hero of history and myth. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617647
- ISBN
- 9780748617647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.60€ 136.27
€ 142.60
€ 136.27
Paperback. From the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts that make up the legend of Alexander, this extraordinary hero of history and myth. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617654
- ISBN
- 9780748617654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Paperback. Studies the effect of Rome's geographic worldview on its politics Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036233
- ISBN
- 9780472036233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.78
€ 44.99
€ 39.78
Paperback. This is a single-volume introduction to Ancient Greece, covering the period from the Golden Age of Knossos and Mycenae to the incorporation of Greece into the Roman empire in the second century BC and the transfer of Greek culture to Byzantium in the fourth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBJQ; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203094
- ISBN
- 9780631203094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Hardcover. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251431
- ISBN
- 9780226251431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 44.59
€ 52.29
€ 44.59
Paperback. Challenging the conventional assumptions about Hitler, Koonz locates the source of his charisma not in his summons to hate, but in his appeal to the collective virtue of his people, the "Volk." 62 halftones. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018426
- ISBN
- 9780674018426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.59
€ 34.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. The dramatic saga of a remarkable woman who was deeply involved in the political culture of her time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 874th ed.
- SKU
- KRS0018832
- ISBN
- 9780874518832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The dramatic saga of a remarkable woman who was deeply involved in the political culture of her time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Edition
- 874th ed.
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0018833
- ISBN
- 9780874518832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Analyses the developments in critical reasoning that transformed the conception of tradition, authority, knowledge and power in the late Republic. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521895781
- ISBN
- 9780521895781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.49
€ 135.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446528
- ISBN
- 9780801446528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.07
€ 56.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477577
- ISBN
- 9780801477577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Guides the reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way, the author raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVW; HBJD; JFCX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 296 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871314
- ISBN
- 9781784871314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. In the tiny borderlands of Istria and Italy, from the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste cafe, this book pieces together a mosaic of stories - comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic - from life's minor characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871307
- ISBN
- 9781784871307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.85
€ 17.99
€ 11.85
Hardcover. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illlustrations, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240207
- ISBN
- 9780393240207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
€ 27.99
€ 24.62
paperback. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations; 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393351156
- ISBN
- 9780393351156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Focusing on five generations from 1780 to 1920, this book fluidly illustrates how Indians disowned their black relatives to survive in the shadow of the expanding American republic. Interludes in the text illuminatehow this issuehas continued to be a politically explosive one for modern-day Indians. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195313109
- ISBN
- 9780195313109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64
hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083165
- ISBN
- 9780520083165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.23
€ 62.98
€ 49.23
Paperback / so. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JNU; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824441594
- ISBN
- 9783824441594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.06
€ 69.06
Paperback. In addition to providing an insightful account of life and work in nineteenth-century urban America, The Horse in the City brings us to a richer understanding of how the animal fared in this unnatural and presumably uncomfortable setting. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400433
- ISBN
- 9781421400433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.08
€ 43.08
Hardcover. 112 unique works of compelling commentary by the who's who of Civil War writers from the New York Times' popular Disunion blog. Editor(s): Widmer, Ted; Risen, Clay; Kalogerakis, George. Num Pages: 464 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579129286
- ISBN
- 9781579129286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.53
€ 30.99
€ 20.53
Num Pages: 960 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813100586
- ISBN
- 9780813100586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.06
€ 131.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 1060 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 1060
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813100531
- ISBN
- 9780813100531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.88
€ 129.88