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Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780674088061
ISBN
9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.85

Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674088191
ISBN
9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.50

Hardback. In Northern Song China, reform-minded statesmen sought to remove the tension between the Confucian Classics and statist ideals of big government. Jaeyoon Song illuminates the interplay between classics, thinkers, and government in statist reform, and explains why the uneasy marriage of classics and state activism had to fail in imperial China." Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088368
ISBN
9780674088368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.83
€ 53.65

Hardback. Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as outcastes, the burakumin are contemporary Japan s largest minority. In this study of youths from two different communities, Christopher Bondy explores how individuals navigate their social world, demonstrating the ways in which people make conscious decisions about disclosing a stigmatized identity." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088405
ISBN
9780674088405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 37.59

Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088481
ISBN
9780674088481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12
€ 49.60

Hardback. This is an account of the life of German nationalist and revolutionary Charles Follen. His life embraces many historical issues, he conspired in the first political murder of modern German history, fled to Switzerland, then America where he was instrumental in the importation of German ideas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674110113
ISBN
9780674110113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.32
€ 68.03

Hardback. Series: Harvard-Hallym Series on Korean Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GTF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHBL; KCF; KNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780674142404
ISBN
9780674142404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 1007 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 79. Weight in Grams: 2769.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1007
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674204010
ISBN
9780674204010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.58
€ 173.98

Hardback. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 200 x 142. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Harvard University Press Cambridge
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674211506
ISBN
9780674211506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.25

Hardback. Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation. An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, she sought to promote national harmony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674214880
ISBN
9780674214880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.68
€ 70.98

Paperback. This is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. The book explores the Communist's exploitation of the new nationalism in order to sieze power. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 halftones, 3 maps,1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674309517
ISBN
9780674309517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.77
€ 47.37

hardcover. Russian Mensheviks were driven out of Soviet Russia and their party stripped of legal existence, this book examines the Soviet experience through the eyes of the best informed observers of the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 halftones; 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 801.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780674325173
ISBN
9780674325173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.57
€ 75.74

Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362130
ISBN
9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61
€ 64.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379183
ISBN
9780674379183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.72

hardcover. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 215 x 162. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Publisher
Harvard University Department of the Classics
SKU
V9780674379190
ISBN
9780674379190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 198 x 151. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics
SKU
V9780674379206
ISBN
9780674379206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 203 x 156. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Publisher
Harvard University Press
SKU
V9780674379220
ISBN
9780674379220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 198 x 153. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Publisher
Harvard University Press
SKU
V9780674379237
ISBN
9780674379237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379244
ISBN
9780674379244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 415 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379305
ISBN
9780674379305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Paperback. This work details the evolutionary development of weaponry, horsemanship, military organization and tactics from Japan's early conflicts with Korea, up to the system of the samurai. It should be of interest to both students of military history and Japanese political history. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 486 pages, 5 halftones, 8 line drawings, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674387041
ISBN
9780674387041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 934 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 235 x 181. Weight in Grams: 1422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1930
Number of pages
934
Condition
New
Publisher
Belknap Press
SKU
V9780674395503
ISBN
9780674395503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.20
€ 145.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 646 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 36480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1938
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
Publisher
Belknap Press
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674395510
ISBN
9780674395510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.06
€ 140.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 235 x 181. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674395527
ISBN
9780674395527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.06
€ 133.86

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