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Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ; JPQB; KCP; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Cornell University Press ne
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227907
ISBN
9780801439841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. In 1935, a Chinese woman by the name of Shi Jianqiao murdered the notorious warlord Sun Chuanfang as he prayed in a Buddhist temple. This work of history examines this well-publicized crime and the highly sensationalized trial of the killer. It traces the rise of a sentiment - "public sympathy" - in early twentieth-century China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247185
ISBN
9780520247185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.45
€ 65.36

Hardcover. The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230294714
ISBN
9780230294714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Paperback. The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AMA; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333448
ISBN
9781349333448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Shamir, Jacob; Zanotti, Jim. Num Pages: 137 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
137
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608760626
ISBN
9781608760626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.24
€ 117.83

Hardcover. Public Men offers an introduction to an exciting new field: the history of masculinities in the political domain. By building upon new work on gender and political culture, these new case studies explore the gendering of the political domain and the masculinities of the men who have historically dominated it. Editor(s): Kennedy, C.; McCormack, Matthew. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007635
ISBN
9780230007635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. K. E. Brashier examines practices of memorializing the dead in early imperial China. After surveying how learning in this period relied on memorization and recitation, he treats the parameters name, age, and kinship as ways of identifying a person in Han public memory, as well as the media responsible for preserving the deceased person's identity. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 39. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492035
ISBN
9780674492035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.29
€ 64.19

Paperback. Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, illegitimate offspring of elite families in colonial Spanish America appealed to the Council of the Indies in Spain to purchase legitimations. This analysis provides a detailed picture of attitudes to illegitimacy in colonial Spanish America. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 tables 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3J; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731485
ISBN
9780804731485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938. 620 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight: 936.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
620
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499791
ISBN
9780801499791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. This volume consists of fourteen essays and an introduction all addressing the interconnection between modern party and electoral politics or political culture and disestablished religious organizations in modern British history - the main areas of scholarly interest for Richard W. Davis, Professor Emeritus, Washington University, St Louis. Editor(s): LoPatin-Lummis, Nancy. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405181600
ISBN
9781405181600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497420
ISBN
9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Paperback. Who are the dominant owners of US public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has ballooned to nearly 50 per cent today? This title reveals that ownership of federal bonds have been increasingly concentrated in the hands of the 1 per cent over the decades. Num Pages: 172 pages, 20 b/w images, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284661
ISBN
9780520284661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria provides an economics perspective on the witchcraft episode, and adds to the growing body of work analyzing prominent historical events using the tools of economics. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; KCK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137506344
ISBN
9781137506344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Hardback. This is the first full-length biography of Ptolemy I of Egypt in English. From his boyhood friendship with Alexander the Great to his reign as king and pharaoh of Egypt, Ptolemy's story is one of ambition and ruthlessness as he helped shape Egypt's history and that of the early Hellenistic world. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 black and white halftones; 6 black and white line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190202330
ISBN
9780190202330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.79

Paperback. Few regions of the planet have undergone such rapid social transition as the Arabian Gulf States. Psychological Well-Being in the Gulf States explores the implications of these rapid changes in terms of mental health and psychological well-being. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JMH; JMP; JMS; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449743
ISBN
9781349449743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Hardback. The first study to examine psychological warfare in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, this book presents a rational analysis of the Arab and Israeli struggles to gain the world's sympathy and support, tracing these struggles from the British Mandate to the more recent HAMAS abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBWS; JPVN; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137467027
ISBN
9781137467027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657551
ISBN
9780939657551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.76

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Career Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781601630704
ISBN
9781601630704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. This book brings together scholars in the History of Medicine to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Editor(s): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349524136
ISBN
9781349524136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. A Syriac historiographical work dating from the end of the eighth century. It is written from the point of view of a religious dissident, a Monophysite, whose personal experience as a persecuted monk in his native Mesopotamia, as well as his later life in Constantinople, make the History an interesting and unusual source. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; DNF; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853237600
ISBN
9780853237600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. This text focuses on the history of the Prussian army from the Thirty Years War to the unification of Germany in the Franco-Prussian War. The author uses an entertaining format to describe the rise of militarism in Prussia. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802068
ISBN
9780761802068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.01

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 6fig. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017788
ISBN
9780674017788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.50

paperback. Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130019
ISBN
9780691130019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651927
ISBN
9780691651927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.30
€ 134.56

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