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Regional & national history
Paperback. This book contains a comprehensive selection of historical documents for courses in Greek History and Civilization, and Western Civilization. It includes material dealing with all the major aspects of Greek historical experience: political, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and technological. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199978458
- ISBN
- 9780199978458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.56
€ 130.56
Readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States
. Ed(S): Zinn, Howard; Arnove, Anthony
CD-Audio. Editor(s): Zinn, Howard; Arnove, Anthony. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 125 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227527
- ISBN
- 9781583227527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.05
€ 16.99
€ 14.05
Paperback. Employing a wide range of sources, the author examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman's Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group - white, black, Northern, Southern - and at the curricula and textbooks they used. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226539294
- ISBN
- 9780226539294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. The role of cultural elites and journalists in promoting reading as a means of self-improvement and social mobility Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- SKU
- V9781439906682
- ISBN
- 9781439906682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742564770
- ISBN
- 9780742564770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.88
€ 100.88
Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166584
- ISBN
- 9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.78€ 57.47
€ 72.78
€ 57.47
Paperback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898546
- ISBN
- 9780859898546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Hardback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898539
- ISBN
- 9780859898539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.23
€ 144.23
Hardcover. Dreisbach shows that the Bible was the most frequently referenced book in the political discourse of the American founders. Drawing on some of the most familiar rhetoric of the founding era, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers examines the founders' diverse uses of the Bible and how scripture informed their political culture. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRAX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199987931
- ISBN
- 9780199987931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.67
€ 48.99
€ 47.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSBH5; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295951
- ISBN
- 9781349295951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as well as a powerful literary and visual image. This book explores the presence of skin in medieval literature and culture from a range of literary, religious, aesthetic, historical, medical, and theoretical perspectives. Editor(s): Walter, K. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341771
- ISBN
- 9781349341771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.72
€ 137.72
Hardcover. Through a study of the readership of the most popular commercial daily newspaper in China during the early twentieth century, Reading Shenbao investigates ideas of nationalism, consumerism and individuality, looking at the relationship between advertising, modern lifestyles and changing social attitudes in China as it underwent modernization. Num Pages: 270 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. Nationalism, Consumerism and Individuality in China 1919-37. 272 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 1 charts. Through a study of the readership of the most popular commercial daily newspaper in China during the early twentieth century, Reading Shenbao investigates ideas of nationalism, consumerism and individuality, looking at the relationship between advertising, modern lifestyles and changing social attitudes in China as it underwent modernization. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; KNTJ. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 21. Weight: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019829
- ISBN
- 9780230019829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. There are hundreds of inscriptions to be found on Roman tombstones in museums throughout Britain. They tell us about the Romans in Britain. However, to save space the wording is full of abbreviations and the meaning of the typical inscription is lost on the average museum visitor. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADL; 3D; CFF; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439525
- ISBN
- 9780752439525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Reading Rio de Janeiro is an experiment in literary and social history, which combines literary analysis and the tools of close and distant reading with quantitative evidence from archival sources in order to reveal new insights regarding the integration of individuals into a complex and changing society. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757447
- ISBN
- 9780804757447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.97
€ 128.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Desai, Ashwin. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 224 x 7. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462728
- ISBN
- 9781608462728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.33
€ 20.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. A history of public libraries in New York City before the founding of the New York Public Library. Most of these libraries were accessible through a membership or an annual subscription. Explores the private and public purposes of public libraries before the advent of tax-supported public libraries. Num Pages: 460 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823276813
- ISBN
- 9780823276813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Hardback. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. This title reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147468
- ISBN
- 9780691147468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Reveals the sources of Barack Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. This title traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154336
- ISBN
- 9780691154336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes--love, war, and self--that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal, social, and political realms in North Korean society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 244 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062474
- ISBN
- 9780674062474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. A collection of essays honoring the work of medievalist Robert W. Hanning. Contributors cover a range of fields within medieval studies, from Anglo-Saxon England to twelfth-century European intellectual culture, from Chaucer's age to nineteenth and twentieth-century medievalism, including a section on Italian Renaissance humanism and visual art. Editor(s): Stein, Robert M.; Prior, Sandra Pierson. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; GTB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041113
- ISBN
- 9780268041113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Paperback. This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325870
- ISBN
- 9781349325870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
hardcover. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421406558
- ISBN
- 9781421406558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.12
€ 81.12
Paperback. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406565
- ISBN
- 9781421406565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.02
€ 45.02
Paperback. Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. Series: Reading Greek. Num Pages: 316 pages, 75 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634. Text and Vocabulary. Series: Reading Greek. 318 pages, 75 b/w illus. 3 maps. Thoroughly-revised edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 16. Weight: 636.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521698511
- ISBN
- 9780521698511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73