Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725323
- ISBN
- 9780804725323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.33
€ 159.33
Paperback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804724739
- ISBN
- 9780804724739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Hardcover. Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga, is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay. This title convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Netherlands. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2ACD; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520067776
- ISBN
- 9780520067776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.60€ 48.20
€ 62.60
€ 48.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216967
- ISBN
- 9780812216967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. This book is an investigation of the intellectual and artistic world of Germany's most important Protestant court from 1553 to 1733. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349430680
- ISBN
- 9781349430680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This work is a cultural history of Baroque Dresden, the capital of Saxony and the most important Protestant territory in the Empire from the mid-16th to the early 18th century. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984482
- ISBN
- 9780333984482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. "Court Lady and Country Wife is a fascinating and substantial read, rich with historical and political detail, complex and sharply drawn characters, and more plot twists and turns than could be contained in a novel. " Diane Schoemperlen, author of our lady of the lost and found. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470015407
- ISBN
- 9780470015407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.68
€ 26.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Pade, Marianne; Petersen, Lene Waage; Quarta, Daniela. Num Pages: 367 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles (some colour), maps, plans, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 367
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890500
- ISBN
- 9788772890500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.24
€ 45.99
€ 32.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619399
- ISBN
- 9780748619399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.71
€ 155.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619405
- ISBN
- 9780748619405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.49
€ 32.99
€ 27.49
Hardcover. A timely, provocative account of how military justice has shaped American society since the nation's beginnings. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393243406
- ISBN
- 9780393243406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.36
€ 31.99
€ 26.36
paperback. Patrick Brode examines the history of the 'heartbalm' torts in nineteenth-century Canada ? breaches of duty leading to liability for damages for seduction, breach of promise of marriage, and criminal conversation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1; LAZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442657625
- ISBN
- 9781442657625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.59
€ 40.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Translator(s): Hanan, Patrick. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; FA; FF; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148238
- ISBN
- 9780231148238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.87
€ 25.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066694
- ISBN
- 9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.35
€ 34.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231083546
- ISBN
- 9780231083546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.74
€ 42.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the palace's assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238903
- ISBN
- 9780571238903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.85
€ 17.99
€ 12.85
Hardback. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the court was the crucial site where expanding Eurasian states and empires met and made sense of one another. Richly illustrated, Courtly Encounters provides a fresh cross-cultural perspective on early modern Islam, Counter-Reformation Catholicism, Protestantism, and a newly emergent Hindu sphere. Series: Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067059
- ISBN
- 9780674067059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.66
€ 47.99
€ 39.66
Hardcover. One of the great achievements of the Middle Ages, Europe's courtly culture gave the world the tournament, the knighting ceremony, and also courtly love. But courtly love has been ignored by historians of sexuality. This work aims to correct this oversight with an analysis of key courtly texts of the medieval German literary tradition. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740898
- ISBN
- 9780226740898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.15€ 44.94
€ 53.15
€ 44.94
Hardcover. Using courtly song as a window, this work examines the culture of the French royal court. It considers the role of the "air de cour" in defining patronage hierarchies at court, and the relationship to the world beyond its own confines. Num Pages: 576 pages, 9 halftones, 8 tables, 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JB; AVGC2; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226075877
- ISBN
- 9780226075877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.84€ 110.31
€ 135.84
€ 110.31
Hardback. He chronicles the impact of litigation on college access policies, including the rise of selectivity and institutional differentiation, the decline of de jure segregation, the spread of contractual understandings of enrollment, and the triumph of vocational emphases. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JNM; LAQ; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418841
- ISBN
- 9781421418841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.34
€ 51.99
€ 42.34
Hardcover. A complete study of royal courts in the post-Achaemenid Near East. It brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. It shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia. Num Pages: 302 pages, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691265
- ISBN
- 9780748691265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.79
€ 142.79
Paperback. The incredible story of how the First and Second World Wars changed Coventry forever. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 8. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445644820
- ISBN
- 9781445644820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.45
€ 23.45
Paperback. The first book on the blitz that blighted Coventry during the Second World War, commemorating its 75th anniversary. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445649993
- ISBN
- 9781445649993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28