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Regional & national history
Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208961
- ISBN
- 9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Hardcover. This biography chronicles the life of the flamboyant showman, respected statesman, and devout Dominican priest Father Hartke. It tells of his experiences and achievements and offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in Washington DC from the 1930s through the 1980s. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JJ; AN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210827
- ISBN
- 9780813210827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.75
€ 55.75
Paperback. In this work, Christopher Dawson concludes that the period called the Dark Ages was not a barren prelude to the creative mediaeval world. Instead, he argues that it is better described as "ages of dawn", for it was in this period that the foundation of a unified European culture was laid. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Catholic University of America Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210834
- ISBN
- 9780813210834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.78
€ 38.78
Paperback. Presenting an English translation of the literary compositions ascribed to Liudprand, the bishop of Cremona from 962 to 972, this work offers insight into society and culture in western Europe during the iron century. It reveals European attitudes toward the Byzantine Empire and the culture of its refined capital city. Translator(s): Squatriti, Paolo. Series: Medieval Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215068
- ISBN
- 9780813215068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.63
€ 37.63
Paperback. Expresses a desire for Europe to rediscover and renew its foundational Christian sources in order to recover a deeper sense of integrity. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215440
- ISBN
- 9780813215440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Paperback. Liutbirga, the adopted daughter of a noble Saxon widow, asked to be walled into a cell in a church at one of the family's cloisters for religious women. Hathumoda, the daughter of a noble Saxon couple whose progeny would establish the first German empire, became abbess of a similar community of women when she was twelve years old. Translator(s): Paxton, Frederick S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215693
- ISBN
- 9780813215693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215785
- ISBN
- 9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Paperback. Examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate various debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas. This book includes three sections that address salient themes that illustrate continuity and change: Dissent and Power, Empire and Republic, and Political Economy. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215815
- ISBN
- 9780813215815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.56
€ 49.56
Paperback. Brings together essays by established scholars who have been largely responsible for the radical changes in the understanding of Galbert and his work that have occurred over the years. This book includes a bibliography of editions, translations and studies of Galbert's chronicle. Editor(s): Rider, John Jeffrey; Murray, Dr. Alan V. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217192
- ISBN
- 9780813217192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.73
€ 46.73
Hardcover. A study of the changes in religious holidays in Old Regime and Revolutionary France. It highlights the importance of cultural and religious history in the transformations of French society that took place from the mid-seventeenth through the early nineteenth century and tells a story of the development of a French national calendar of holidays. Num Pages: 299 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217253
- ISBN
- 9780813217253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Sheed and Ward, 1942. With new introd. Translator(s): Keating, Michael J. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813218809
- ISBN
- 9780813218809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.54
€ 31.54
Paperback. In The Gods of Revolution, Christopher Dawson brought to bear, as Glanmor Williams said, his brilliantly perceptive powers of analysis on the French Revolution. . . . In so doing he reversed the trends of recent historiography which has concentrated primarily on examining the social and economic context of that great upheaval. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813227092
- ISBN
- 9780813227092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.66
€ 32.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813228518
- ISBN
- 9780813228518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.21
€ 44.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAF; HRCC2; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813228655
- ISBN
- 9780813228655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.69
€ 81.69
Paperback. Reveals several central themes in the field of Atlantic history, from the concept of European empire to slavery and Diaspora Num Pages: 247 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBJ; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747896
- ISBN
- 9780814747896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.88
€ 32.88
Paperback. Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910358
- ISBN
- 9780817910358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.37
€ 24.37
Paperback. With field notes accumulated in a hostile Syrian environment, Nibras Kazimi provides a unique view of the Syrian regime and its base at home, filling a void in our understanding of the intelligence barons and soldiers who run that country." Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910754
- ISBN
- 9780817910754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.37
€ 14.37
Paperback. This assessment of the struggle for Pakistan s identity, from its birth to the present day, provides a political and cultural understanding of the role and use of Islam in its evolution." Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910853
- ISBN
- 9780817910853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.09
€ 14.09
Paperback. Provides a sobering account of the ordeal of Christian Arabs of the Middle East in the current era of Islamist radicalism. Although those Christians are leaving their homelands in record numbers, the author laments, the powers of the West have shown little interest in their fate. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910952
- ISBN
- 9780817910952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.24
€ 14.24
Paperback. Joshua Teitelbaum evaluates Saudi foreign policy in the Persian Gulf and in the Arab-Israeli peace process and provides a shrewd assessment of the Saudi-U.S. relationship." Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 15. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817911058
- ISBN
- 9780817911058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.35
€ 14.35