Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Offers a reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. This title reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating with his readers and involving them in the complexity and suffering of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102399
- ISBN
- 9780691102399
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Presents a social history of poor Egyptians - beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed. This book tells their stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropists, and explores the economic, political, and colonial context that shaped poverty policy for a century and a half. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113784
- ISBN
- 9780691113784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.22
€ 68.92
€ 53.22
Paperback. The Puritans, in their own words, demonstrate the depth and variety of a culture that took root in New England in the 17th century. Editor(s): Hall, David D. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114095
- ISBN
- 9780691114095
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback. Examines how the revolutionary and Napoleonic context contributed to modernization both of politics and science. This work argues that in politics the central feature of this modernization was conversion of subjects of a monarchy into citizens of a republic in direct contact with a state enormously augmented in power. Num Pages: 752 pages, 3 line illus. 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115412
- ISBN
- 9780691115412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.78€ 94.60
€ 124.78
€ 94.60
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. This title challenges the belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HRH; HRQM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115757
- ISBN
- 9780691115757
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
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Hardback. Reveals Epizephyrian Locri - a Greek colony on the Adriatic coast of Italy - as a third way in Greek culture, neither Athens nor Sparta. Drawing on a range of literary and archaeological evidence, this work offers an account of this poorly understood Greek city-state, and in particular the distinctive role of women and marriage therein. Num Pages: 480 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116051
- ISBN
- 9780691116051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.78
€ 118.84
€ 89.78
Paperback. A history of the revolutions that toppled communism in Europe, this work looks behind the scenes at the grassroots movements that made those revolutions happen. It looks for answers not in the salons of power brokers and famed intellectuals, not in decrepit economies - but in the whirlwind of activity that stirred so crucially, on the street. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116273
- ISBN
- 9780691116273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Hardback. What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, and capital has been so difficult to replicate. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117164
- ISBN
- 9780691117164
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Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 54.95
€ 71.30
€ 54.95
Paperback. By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power - on the eve of the French Revolution. Num Pages: 616 pages, 13 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118499
- ISBN
- 9780691118499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119748
- ISBN
- 9780691119748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.15
€ 71.30
€ 55.15
Hardback. Explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119755
- ISBN
- 9780691119755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 68.07
€ 89.13
€ 68.07
Paperback. Including the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this work provides an insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East. This work examines the history of Arab-Israeli relations beginning in 1948. It then gives an account of the peace processes of 1992-1996 and the more dispiriting record since then. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119823
- ISBN
- 9780691119823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
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€ 33.45
Paperback. Much of the literature on ancient Egypt centers on pharaohs or on elite conceptions of the afterlife. Drawing on the archaeological, iconographic, and textual evidence from the earlier years of the New Kingdom, this book examines how ordinary ancient Egyptians lived their lives, from birth to death. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. 49 halftones. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120584
- ISBN
- 9780691120584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Hardback. Includes first-hand accounts of Thomas Jefferson's demeanor at his successor's inauguration and one of the most detailed descriptions of life at Monticello by a visitor. This volume tells of his efforts to restore order at his mismanaged mill complex, breed merino sheep, and otherwise resume full control of his financial and agricultural affairs. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 784 pages, 8 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1257.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121215
- ISBN
- 9780691121215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 126.15
€ 168.75
€ 126.15
Paperback. Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121420
- ISBN
- 9780691121420
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. Tells the story of both German and Czech-speaking Budweis/Budajovice, which belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy until 1918, and then to Czechoslovakia, Hitler's Third Reich, and Czechoslovakia again. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122342
- ISBN
- 9780691122342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
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€ 39.84
Paperback. Examines four attempts to answer the question of national identity that Americans faced in the wake of the American Revolution. This work explores a complicated political world in which boundaries between the personal and the political were fluid and ill-defined. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122366
- ISBN
- 9780691122366
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. This book is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122458
- ISBN
- 9780691122458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.10
€ 52.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. Presents a study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. This book describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. Editor(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122526
- ISBN
- 9780691122526
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Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
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€ 46.32
Paperback. Introduces readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa - questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122656
- ISBN
- 9780691122656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06