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Regional & national history
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SELECTABOOK LTD
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843094036
- ISBN
- 9781843094036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137354969
- ISBN
- 9781137354969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349999927
- ISBN
- 9781349999927
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Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardback. This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes, and bootleggers. Series: Cultural Heritage Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062532
- ISBN
- 9780813062532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.86
€ 127.86
Paperback. Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect. Num Pages: 213 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HR; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472765
- ISBN
- 9781349472765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185126
- ISBN
- 9780300185126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.41
€ 84.41
This text examines the early modern period and begins by focusing on France, examining the Valois and Bourbon monarchs and the modes of operation they employed. The second part of the text looks at early modern Europe, making the distinction between "absolute" and "limited" monarchs. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582056176
- ISBN
- 9780582056176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- New ed of 2 Revised ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299199
- ISBN
- 9780942299199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.76
€ 37.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. A classic work that rereads questions of "muthos" and "logos" in multifaceted contexts. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 505
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951603
- ISBN
- 9781890951603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299175
- ISBN
- 9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
paperback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. This book argues that we are in the contact zone, struggling to understand the meaning of contact between indigenous and settler populations. It is suitable for scholars and students in Canadian history and First Nations studies. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBN; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812634
- ISBN
- 9780774812634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. Focusing on misunderstandings embedded in the stories of "first contacts" and these narratives' contemporary relevance, production, and performance, this book introduces different tools for understanding the genre. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812627
- ISBN
- 9780774812627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardback. List of tables and figures; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Note on Shetland dialect; Map; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Pasts, peoples, selves; 2. Stories; 3. Place; 4. Work; 5. Culture; 6. Sexualities; 7. Power; 8. Reflections; Bibliography; Index Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065927
- ISBN
- 9780719065927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.59
€ 156.59
paperback. After an analysis of original Old Burmese and other primary sources, the author discovered that four out of the five events considered to be the most important in the history of early Burma, and believed to have been historically accurate, are actually late-nineteenth and twentieth-century inventions of colonial historians. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802018
- ISBN
- 9780896802018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
The first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and Baniwa sacred narratives Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243941
- ISBN
- 9780803243941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives in My Two Italies to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; HBJD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374535391
- ISBN
- 9780374535391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.10
€ 19.99
€ 17.10
Hardback. Editor(s): Jansen, Marius B. Translator(s): Shinkichi, Eto. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; BGLA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641867
- ISBN
- 9780691641867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.39
€ 170.39
Paperback. Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women. Num Pages: 710 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 942. Good copy 8vo. .Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304439
- ISBN
- 9780306806582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. The Life and Tragic Death of Tom Hurndal. 320 pages, Illustrations, map. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747592884
- ISBN
- 9780747592884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. A history of female telegraph operators from 1846 to the mid-20th century, exploring their work, their daily lives and their workplace issues. It uses non-traditional sources, including the telegraphers' trade journals, company records, and oral and written histories by the operators. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821413449
- ISBN
- 9780821413449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13