Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the cities founded or refounded in Europe, The Islands, and Asia Minor during the Hellenistic period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 494 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083295
- ISBN
- 9780520083295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 72.21
€ 94.93
€ 72.21
Hardback. Arbitration and mediation were central institutions in Hellenistic public life. This study brings together literary and epigraphical sources on arbitration, presenting documents ranging from the settlement of a minor territorial squabble to the resolution of major conflicts. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081628
- ISBN
- 9780520081628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.07€ 63.82
€ 83.07
€ 63.82
Hardback. The author provides a detailed portrait of one of the most brilliant courts in early Renaissance Europe, describing how Milan and its young ruler exemplified the political, cultural, religious and economic aspirations of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 448 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 3 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520081468
- ISBN
- 9780520081468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.83€ 53.22
€ 68.83
€ 53.22
Hardcover. The biography of an important medieval ruler who built a state in the west of the French Kingdom which provided a foundation for the vast Angevin empire later constructed by his descendants. The study shows how Nerra adopted Roman ideas and tactics in order to consolidate his power. Num Pages: 412 pages, 4 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 302 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079960
- ISBN
- 9780520079960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
Paperback. The author argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the whole field of the study of the past to make innovative discoveries and apply modern approaches by widening the aims of the discipline. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 half-tones, 17 figures, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDA; HDDK; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078925
- ISBN
- 9780520078925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. This book on Latin American social and cultural developments, as well as politics and economics is revised and brought up to date with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JFC; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077232
- ISBN
- 9780520077232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.84
€ 45.99
€ 32.84
Hardcover. This volume discusses the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, politics and anthropology, the essays focus on China's most famous pilgrimage mountains as well as lesser known sites. Editor(s): Naquin, Susan; Yu, Chun-Fang. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 456 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HRA; HRE; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075672
- ISBN
- 9780520075672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074576
- ISBN
- 9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. Columbus is the first star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was unquestioned by their countrymen. How a system of religious beliefs made the taking of the New World possible and laudable is the focus of this review. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074422
- ISBN
- 9780520074422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.89€ 48.91
€ 62.89
€ 48.91
Paperback. "Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees". Num Pages: 376 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074156
- ISBN
- 9780520074156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. An exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas that recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. It points out that Jews were frequently uprooted and persecuted, and where stable communities did grow up, it was because the hostility of the Christian population had somehow been overcome. Translator(s): Oldcorn, Anthony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520073500
- ISBN
- 9780520073500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.83€ 53.22
€ 68.83
€ 53.22
Paperback. Series: Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 409 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068377
- ISBN
- 9780520068377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067981
- ISBN
- 9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.00
€ 53.40
€ 42.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064591
- ISBN
- 9780520064591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. A revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, which considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520057371
- ISBN
- 9780520057371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.28
€ 53.40
€ 42.28
Paperback. Scholars have long accepted China's own view of its traditional foreign relations: that China devised its own world order and maintained it from the second century BC to the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Rossabi, Morris. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520045620
- ISBN
- 9780520045620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.06
€ 41.99
€ 30.06
Hardcover. Suitable for the classical scholars, this title explores an aspect of Greek military practice. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520037816
- ISBN
- 9780520037816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.32€ 60.79
€ 78.32
€ 60.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520028807
- ISBN
- 9780520028807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.15€ 45.76
€ 58.15
€ 45.76
Paperback. Hegemony ---- domination by one power or state over others politically and culturally ---- is a fundamental element of historical theory. This book examines the concept of hegemony in the development of political thinking and shows how the changing organization of the world system not only influences politics but also culture and society. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471965862
- ISBN
- 9780471965862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.60
€ 177.60
Hardcover. We think of Tutankhamun's age as one of rich tombs and religious obsession, but it was also a time of complicated and ultimately successful political machinations and military campaigns. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471743583
- ISBN
- 9780471743583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
Hardcover. The gripping story of the artists who were "embedded" with American troops during WWI to witness, explore and depict in their art the trials and triumphs of the soldiers. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AG; HBJK; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471670230
- ISBN
- 9780471670230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.56
€ 36.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. "A treat.. Insightful.. Refreshing.. A must-have.. Not only is Sajna's work a valuable historical resource, it makes for a compelling read as well. "-American History "There has to be someone left to tell the tale. Num Pages: 384 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471417002
- ISBN
- 9780471417002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.03
€ 25.99
€ 21.03
Hardcover. Praise for Meeting the Fox "Orr Kelly has dramatically brought to life the desert war by masterfully weaving the view of higher headquarters with the pathos of the foxhole. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471414292
- ISBN
- 9780471414292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.33
€ 41.99
€ 32.33
Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471391029
- ISBN
- 9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.51
€ 37.99
€ 29.51