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Paperback. In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to 'Miss Adorable', Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. This collection invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 color illustrations, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057050
- ISBN
- 9780674057050
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€ 32.99€ 27.59
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Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057548
- ISBN
- 9780674057548
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€ 60.55€ 55.34
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Hardback. Neeti Nair's account of the partition in the Punjab rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, partition--though advocated by some powerful Hindus--was a stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057791
- ISBN
- 9780674057791
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€ 72.43€ 66.06
€ 72.43
€ 66.06
Hardback. The Adams family comments on national and international events, from America's growing tensions with Britain and France to virulent domestic political factionalism and the Whiskey Rebellion. The most significant event for the Adamses was John Quincy's appointment as U.S. minister resident at The Hague, the beginning of a long diplomatic career. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L.; Georgini, Sara. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057845
- ISBN
- 9780674057845
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Condition: New
€ 125.91€ 112.50
€ 125.91
€ 112.50
Paperback. Explores the daily lives and shifting racial boundaries between groups as disparate as Apache resistance fighters, Chinese merchants, Mexican-American homesteaders, Midwestern dry farmers, Mormon polygamists, Serbian miners, New York mine managers, and Anglo women reformers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060531
- ISBN
- 9780674060531
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€ 36.99€ 30.97
€ 36.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform, entrepreneurialism, and internationalization, is the PRC here for the dynastic long haul? This volume presents an energetic exchange of views on the topic. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060647
- ISBN
- 9780674060647
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Relations between the Choson and Qing states are often cited as the prime example of the operation of the 'traditional' Chinese 'tribute system.' This work contends that the motivations, tactics, and successes (and failures) of the late Qing Empire in Choson Korea mirrored those of other nineteenth-century imperialists. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060739
- ISBN
- 9780674060739
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€ 32.99€ 27.81
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Paperback. Is Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chavez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chavez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Editor(s): Eastwood, Jonathan; Ponniah, Thomas. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061385
- ISBN
- 9780674061385
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.61
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€ 24.61
Hardback. Leonardo Bruni is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. Gary Ianziti undertakes a systematic work-by-work investigation of the full range of Bruni's output in history and biography, and assesses in detail the impact of the Greek historians on humanist methods of historical writing. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 764.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061521
- ISBN
- 9780674061521
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Condition: New
€ 103.33€ 92.17
€ 103.33
€ 92.17
Paperback. Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South. This title provides a startling view into the Jim Crow South where the precarious and subordinate position of women linked black and white anti-rape activists together in fragile political alliances. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061859
- ISBN
- 9780674061859
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€ 31.99€ 26.64
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€ 26.64
Paperback. Sailing the tide of a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions, a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from slaves into active agents of their lives and times. This title alters our vision of the breadth and extent of the Age of Revolution, and our understanding of its actors. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062047
- ISBN
- 9780674062047
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€ 31.99€ 26.57
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Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062344
- ISBN
- 9780674062344
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
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Paperback. This is the first complete translation, with detailed commentary, of the surviving volumes of Beyhaqi's massive project. The historian's writings, dealing with the years 1030--1041, combine astute criticism and wry humor with an unobtrusive display of mastery of the learned literature of the time, both in Arabic and Persian. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062399
- ISBN
- 9780674062399
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€ 33.99€ 28.71
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Hardback. Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes--love, war, and self--that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal, social, and political realms in North Korean society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 244 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062474
- ISBN
- 9780674062474
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€ 45.99€ 37.91
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Hardback. This study investigates the Japanese experiment with financial imperialism--or "yen diplomacy"--at several key moments between the acquisition of Taiwan in 1895 and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, and how these practices impacted the development of receiving nations and defined their geopolitical position in the postcolonial world. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 290 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062498
- ISBN
- 9780674062498
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
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€ 37.79
Hardback. This book explores two important moments of dislocation in Chinese history, the early medieval period (317--589 CE) and the nineteenth century. Tian juxtaposes a rich array of materials from these two periods in comparative study, linking these historical moments in their unprecedented interactions, and intense fascination, with foreign cultures. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3JH; HBJF; HBLA; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062528
- ISBN
- 9780674062528
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
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Hardback. An overriding assumption has directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Raffensperger refutes this, and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe, and East is not so neatly divided from West. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 map, 5 genealogy charts. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063846
- ISBN
- 9780674063846
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Condition: New
€ 71.24€ 64.31
€ 71.24
€ 64.31
Paperback. Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. This book demonstrates the profound role of Native American history in the American past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064232
- ISBN
- 9780674064232
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.73
€ 34.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln's being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln's announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064409
- ISBN
- 9780674064409
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Hardback. Abolitionists have been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil. Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064447
- ISBN
- 9780674064447
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
Hardback. Jung-Sun N. Han examines the role of liberal intellectuals in reshaping transnational ideas and internationalist aspirations into national values and imperial ambitions in early twentieth-century Japan. Han's focus is on the ideas and activities of Yoshino Sakuzo (1878--1933), who was a champion of prewar Japanese liberalism and Taisho democracy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065710
- ISBN
- 9780674065710
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
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Hardback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as mere propaganda, not only was liked in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering Cultural Revolution propaganda art from the point of view of its longue duree, Mittler suggests that it built on a tradition of earlier art works, which allowed for its sedimentation in cultural memory. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 125 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1094.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065819
- ISBN
- 9780674065819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.36€ 54.32
€ 59.36
€ 54.32
Paperback. One of the Ancient Near East's most important inscriptions is the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE), which reports on a suspicious fratricide and coup. Shayegan shows how the Bisotun's narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 line illustrations; 8 black and white photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065888
- ISBN
- 9780674065888
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.61
€ 27.99
€ 24.61
Hardback. Paper Memory tells of one man's mission to preserve for posterity the memory of everyday life in sixteenth-century Germany. Lundin takes us inside the mind of an undistinguished German burgher, Hermann Weinsberg, whose early-modern writings sought to make sense of changes that were unsettling the foundations of his world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065949
- ISBN
- 9780674065949
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Condition: New
€ 61.73€ 56.15
€ 61.73
€ 56.15