Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725461
- ISBN
- 9780674725461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.46€ 56.63
€ 61.46
€ 56.63
Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725454
- ISBN
- 9780674725454
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.25
€ 52.99
€ 44.25
Hardcover. In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724662
- ISBN
- 9780674724662
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Condition: New
€ 62.64€ 57.66
€ 62.64
€ 57.66
Hardcover. Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 740.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674697751
- ISBN
- 9780674697751
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.02
€ 49.99
€ 42.02
Hardcover. This study examines the realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty. From the perspective of specific Sung families, it uses data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674695924
- ISBN
- 9780674695924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.25
€ 52.99
€ 44.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Handlin, Oscar; Handlin, Mary Flug. Num Pages: 978 pages, Endpr.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1407.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674690004
- ISBN
- 9780674690004
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Condition: New
€ 218.80€ 193.37
€ 218.80
€ 193.37
Paperback. This volume presents the history of Pompeii. It explores Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theatres and expansion of athletic facilities and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 113 line illustrations, 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674689671
- ISBN
- 9780674689671
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. Blending political, cultural and economic perspectives, this text traces the evolution of Asian countries in the 20th century. Its aim is to determine the mix of culture, experience, scale, timing, leadership and policy that shapes individual developing nations. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687585
- ISBN
- 9780674687585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.99
€ 41.99
€ 34.99
Hardcover. These two volumes consist of over 600 letters and documents that Adams sent to, and received from, numerous correspondents in Europe and America. It chronicles Adam's efforts to convince the British that peace was essential, as well as other diplomatic efforts and more personal correspondence. Editor(s): Revelas, Joanna M.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Walker, Celeste; Decker, Anne M. Series: Adams Papers: General Correspondence & Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 94. Weight in Grams: 3082.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674654457
- ISBN
- 9780674654457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 308.71€ 280.87
€ 308.71
€ 280.87
Paperback. This study of exploration during the Renaissance shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. This text was awarded the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize in 1993. Num Pages: 296 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674618763
- ISBN
- 9780674618763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.22
€ 51.99
€ 43.22
Hardcover. Examines the rise, development and ultimate failure of the German Social Democrats, the largest of the European socialist parties, from 1887 to 1912. Prominent figures are discussed but the book focuses primarily on the younger generation - Paul Kampffmeyer, Max Schippel, Conrad Schmidt and others. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674551237
- ISBN
- 9780674551237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.76€ 86.41
€ 95.76
€ 86.41
Hardcover. Volume 18 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles John Adams' tenure as minister to Great Britain and his joint commission, with Jefferson, to negotiate treaties with Europe and North Africa. Adams found it impossible to do "any Thing Satisfactory" with Britain, and the volume ends with his decision to resign his posts. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Martin, Sara; Taylor, C. James; Georgini, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Norton, Amanda M. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1656.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545076
- ISBN
- 9780674545076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.31€ 89.50
€ 99.31
€ 89.50
Hardcover. A document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between the president and one of his close advisors, John Kenneth Galbraith. His letters are a source of advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureacracy. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674528376
- ISBN
- 9780674528376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.32
€ 53.99
€ 45.32
Hardcover. No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504837
- ISBN
- 9780674504837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504660
- ISBN
- 9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.86€ 92.58
€ 102.86
€ 92.58
Hardcover. In Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 341 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504349
- ISBN
- 9780674504349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503861
- ISBN
- 9780674503861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.90
€ 35.99
€ 30.90
Hardcover. Using the new tools of GIS and social network analysis, Nicolas Tackett shows that the great Tang aristocratic families were more successful than previously believed in adapting to social and economic changes in the seventh and eighth centuries. Tang political influence waned only after many of them were killed during the three decades after 880. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492059
- ISBN
- 9780674492059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492042
- ISBN
- 9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.74€ 63.83
€ 69.74
€ 63.83
Hardcover. Hiraku Shimoda places the origin of modern Japanese regionalism in the tense relationship between region and nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This study shows that "region," often seen as a hard, natural place that impedes national unity, is in fact a supple spatial category that can be made to reinforce nationalist sensibilities. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 180 pages, map. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492011
- ISBN
- 9780674492011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.91
€ 45.99
€ 37.91
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.34
€ 54.99
€ 46.34
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Paperback. World War II tore apart an unprecedented number of families. This is the heartbreaking story of the humanitarian organizations, governments, and refugees that tried to rehabilitate Europe's lost children from the trauma of war, and in the process shaped Cold War ideology, ideals of democracy and human rights, and modern visions of the family. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HPQ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425064
- ISBN
- 9780674425064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.85
€ 34.99
€ 29.85