Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Sets out to answer two empirical questions. Is there a substantively consistent and temporally persistent Chinese strategic culture? If so, to what extent has it influenced China's approaches to security? This work focuses on the Ming dynasty's grand strategy against the Mongols (1368-1644). Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map 27 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002392
- ISBN
- 9780691002392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94
Hardcover. This book examines genealogies of contagion in between contagion as microbe and contagion as affect. It analyzes how and why hygiene became authoritative and succeeded in becoming a part of the broader social and cultural vocabulary within the colonialist, anti-colonial, as well as modernist discourses. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520715
- ISBN
- 9781137520715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardback. Demonstrates that Polybius' work performs a literary and political balancing act of heretofore unappreciated subtlety and interest. This book shows how Polybius contrived to tailor his historiography for multiple audiences, comprising his fellow Greeks, whose freedom Rome had usurped in his own generation, and the Roman conquerors. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237643
- ISBN
- 9780520237643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 63.57
€ 82.44
€ 63.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJG; HBJD; HBWN; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486883
- ISBN
- 9780801486883
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.43
€ 46.99
€ 42.43
Hardback. This book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 23 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733885
- ISBN
- 9780804733885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. By studying the early splits within Korean nationalism, this book shows that the issues faced by Korean nationalists during the Japanese colonial period were complex and enduring. It provides a context with which to analyze the difficult issues of political identity and national unity that remain central to contemporary Korean politics. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993898
- ISBN
- 9780295993898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.63
€ 38.99
€ 35.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064627
- ISBN
- 9781606064627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.09€ 67.05
€ 87.09
€ 67.05
Paperback. Tracing the development of British cultural Marxism from beginnings in postwar Britain to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, this book shows this history to reflect a coherent intellectual tradition, one that represents an implicit and explicit theoretical effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319146
- ISBN
- 9780822319146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024101
- ISBN
- 9780884024101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.16€ 54.47
€ 59.16
€ 54.47
Hardback. The book explores the hotly disputed process by which the census was created and developed and examines how a wide cast of characters, including statisticians, novelists, national and local officials, political and social reformers, and journalists responded to and used the idea of a census. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230119376
- ISBN
- 9780230119376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319312002
- ISBN
- 9783319312002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Rogge, Joerg. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837617245
- ISBN
- 9783837617245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.26
€ 44.99
€ 32.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 462 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317588
- ISBN
- 9780226317588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74€ 47.71
€ 55.74
€ 47.71
Paperback. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176185
- ISBN
- 9780691176185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
€ 25.99
€ 19.30
Hardcover. This collection of 20 essays examines cultural encounters between - and within - China, Japan and the West. The authors present new research on a wide range of topics, from linguistics and literature to the worlds of sociology and political science. Editor(s): Clausen, Soren; Starrs, Roy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, Anne. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884974
- ISBN
- 9788772884974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.44
€ 22.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763531658
- ISBN
- 9788763531658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.06€ 46.14
€ 58.06
€ 46.14
Hardback. Through close readings of both familiar and obscure medieval texts, contributors read England as a single and powerful entity within a vast geopolitical network. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603264
- ISBN
- 9780230603264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371587
- ISBN
- 9781349371587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975324
- ISBN
- 9781403975324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.18
€ 123.18
Paperback. This study explores U.S-Japanese relations in the interwar period to find that the seeds of the Pacific War were sown in the failure of cultural diplomacy and the growth of mutually antagonistic images. While most Americans came to see Japan's modernity as a facade, the Japanese began to group Americans with the warlike European powers." Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBJK; HBL; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535972
- ISBN
- 9781349535972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Paperback. The history of the British-Spanish Society, an example of 'soft' or cultural diplomacy between countries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781382752
- ISBN
- 9781781382752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991799
- ISBN
- 9781403991799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Paperback. "Cultural Creativity" is about the ways that ordinary people in town and country creatively define themselves, their families, and their social networks and how this can be recovered form surviving textual evidence. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349543281
- ISBN
- 9781349543281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardback. Examines the army occupying Arizona and New Mexico in the nineteenth-century, its officers, their wives, and the enlisted men as agents of an American empire Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803232525
- ISBN
- 9780803232525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86