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History
Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718352
- ISBN
- 9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.92
€ 196.92
Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728757
- ISBN
- 9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.41
€ 207.41
Hardcover. Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, emphasizing the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 black and white halftones and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738244
- ISBN
- 9780198738244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.85
€ 219.85
Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
Hardcover. This volume brings together for the first time ancient Macedonian stone funerary monuments, or stelai, which feature figured representations of the deceased and their relatives. Taking as its focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods, it goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider the social history and wider meaning of the monuments. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Num Pages: 608 pages, 238 black and white illustrations, 8-page colour plates section, and 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 219. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198746454
- ISBN
- 9780198746454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.95
€ 226.95
Paperback. The experience of exiles was fundamental for shaping Italian national identity. Risorgimento in Exile investigates the contribution to Italian nationalism made by the numerous patriots who were forced to live in exile following failed revolutions in the Italian states. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749066
- ISBN
- 9780198749066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.49
€ 80.49
Paperback. Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749073
- ISBN
- 9780198749073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardcover. Explores the nineteenth- and twentieth-century spread of modern industry to the global periphery to understand the economic, historical, and political implications of how, in the twenty-first century, economies in Asia, Latin America and even sub-Saharan Africa are converging on the historically-wealthy economies of Europe and North America. Editor(s): O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshoj; Williamson, Jeffrey Gale. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198753643
- ISBN
- 9780198753643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.25
€ 160.25
Paperback. At a time when Arab revolutionary movements are once again dominating the headlines, Monsoon Revolution offers a fresh reading of the Arab revolutionary tradition, examining one of its foremost case studies: the Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976). Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps and 4 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198783176
- ISBN
- 9780198783176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.40
€ 74.40
Hardcover. Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment explores the development of Berlin's conception of the Enlightenment, noting its indebtedness to a specific German intellectual tradition. The book examines his comments on individual writers, arguing that some assigned to the Counter-Enlightenment have closer affinities to the Enlightenment than he recognized Editor(s): Brockliss, Laurence; Robertson, Ritchie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HP; HPCD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198783930
- ISBN
- 9780198783930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
paperback. This book begins with the question why 'faith' (pistis/fides) was so important to early Christians that it dominated their earliest writings. It argues that the study of emerging Christian pistis/fides must be interdisciplinary, located in the social practices and mentalites of Hellenistic Judaism and the early Roman empire. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRAX; HRCC1; HRCF2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198801054
- ISBN
- 9780198801054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.77
€ 99.77
Hardback. Thirty four essays by a team of leading scholars offering a broad reassessment of the cold war, calling into question orthodox ways of ordering the chronology of the period and presenting new insights into the global dimension of the conflict. Editor(s): Immerman, Richard H.; Goedde, Petra. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 688 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199236961
- ISBN
- 9780199236961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.54
€ 255.54
Hardcover. This is the first history in over a century of what is arguably Oxford's oldest College. As one of the few organizations in the UK whose history goes back so far, this is an account of the College from its origins over seven and a half centuries ago to the present day. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 colour plates; 80 black and white figures; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199284290
- ISBN
- 9780199284290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.71
€ 224.71
Paperback. Mary Dudziak's original analysis of American wartime and its effect on law, policy, and our ideas about time itself, now available in paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199315857
- ISBN
- 9780199315857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325207
- ISBN
- 9780199325207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.93
€ 25.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. "Mendoza the Jew combines graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to analyze and explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza, a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789"-- Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 17. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199334094
- ISBN
- 9780199334094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.46
€ 56.46
Paperback. A Guide to Oral History and the Law is the definitive resource for all practitioners of oral history. In clear, accessible language it thoroughly explains the major legal issues that oral historians should be concerned about and offers helpful suggestions on how to put sound legal procedures in place. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HBTD; LAT; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199342518
- ISBN
- 9780199342518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199351817
- ISBN
- 9780199351817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2013. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKV; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199360987
- ISBN
- 9780199360987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.32
€ 25.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Through its lively and accessible narrative, The World Transformed: 1945 to Present provides students with an account of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that have shaped global events since 1945. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199371020
- ISBN
- 9780199371020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12