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Should be read both as a clarification and a criticism of the political teaching of The Social Contract and as a comprehensive attempt to deal with those central problems of democratic theory that have continued to exercise our minds to this day. Translator(s): Kendall, W. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co Inc
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915145966
ISBN
9780915145966
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. This book is essential reading on the reign of Henry I and on the general development of English government in the twelfth century. Series Editor(s): McKitterick, Rosamond; Carpenter, Christine; Shepard, Jonathan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521375863
ISBN
9780521375863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSG; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801479359
ISBN
9780801479359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Brings together many important historical texts, including speeches of Themistius, the "Passion of St Saba", and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853234265
ISBN
9780853234265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631165361
ISBN
9780631165361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.90

Paperback. This volume draws on literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the Goths' dramatic history, and to explore the meaning of Gothic identity at different moments and in different contexts. It is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209324
ISBN
9780631209324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.96

Paperback. Tales of child sacrifice, demon lovers, incestual relations, and returns from the dead are part of English and Irish gothic literature. This book shows how Anglo-Irish gothic works written from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries reflect the destructive effects of imperialism on the children. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324140
ISBN
9780822324140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. How two southern ministers preached and practiced a vision of a more democratic America Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078408
ISBN
9780252078408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS explores the historical significance of the American animal welfare movement at home and overseas from the Second Great Awakening to the Second World War. Focused on laboring animals at its inception, the movement evolved into an expansive "gospel of kindness," transforming animal mercy into a signature American value. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199733156
ISBN
9780199733156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.69

Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728757
ISBN
9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, chiefly illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872074689
ISBN
9781872074689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph, a 'good war' in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. This book explores the intentions and hubris that caused the West's strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578772
ISBN
9780099578772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. In building this narrative, Bodnar shows how the idealism of President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms was lost in the public commemoration of World War II, how the war's memory became intertwined in the larger discussion over American national identity, and how it only came to be known as the "good warmany years after its conclusion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405827
ISBN
9781421405827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. A magnificent account of one American platoon's tour of duty in Baghdad. It is simply one of the most powerful, nerve-shredding pieces of war writing ever. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873278
ISBN
9781848873278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. 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
V9780691176215
ISBN
9780691176215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardback. Examines the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder, Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 49 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807834534
ISBN
9780807834534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Paperback. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield. This book contains 154 letters selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, provides a fresh perspective on aspects of World War II. Editor(s): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.; Small, Melvin. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716601
ISBN
9780814716601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807076996
ISBN
9780807076996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.59

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museyon Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984633470
ISBN
9780984633470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 125 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493028498
ISBN
9781493028498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.23

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