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paperback. Reading Women brings into conversation the latest scholarship by early modernists and early Americanists on the role of gender in the production and consumption of texts during the expansion of female readership in the early modern period. Editor(s): Brayman Hackel, Heidi; Kelly, Catherine E. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220803
- ISBN
- 9780812220803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. Less Rightly Said is a detailed study of polemical literature in sixteenth-century France that explores the role of offense ("scandal") in a religious and a rhetorical sense and traces the emergence of a new political genre through both canonical polemical works and popular satires and invectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804762922
- ISBN
- 9780804762922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Paperback. In Your Face concentrates on the basic Renaissance concern with self-fashioning by examining the behavior of some notorious Italian artists and writers, including Michelangelo and Benvenuto Cellini, who upset the decorum of their time on a grand scale. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762168
- ISBN
- 9780804762168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Hardback. Two systems of timekeeping were in concurrent use in Venice between 1582 and 1797. This work defines the many ways in which time was discussed, resolving a long-standing fuzziness imposed on studies of personnel, institutions, and cultural dynamics by dating conflicts. Series: The Calendar of Venetian Opera. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9; AVGM; PGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757652
- ISBN
- 9780804757652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.14
€ 87.14
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.68
€ 103.68
Hardback. The Black Middle is the first book-length study of the interaction of black slaves and other people of African descent with Mayas and Spaniards in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan (southern Mexico). Num Pages: 456 pages, 39 tables, 4 figures, 13 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749831
- ISBN
- 9780804749831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.80
€ 181.80
Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804743792
- ISBN
- 9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804739634
- ISBN
- 9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.26
€ 107.26
Hardback. The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision, yet, at the same time, they were not viewed like other condemned groups. This text examines these conflicting images from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733724
- ISBN
- 9780804733724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.11
€ 171.11
Hardback. This book challenges the accepted view of the early Royal Society of London that holds that its fellows did not seriously attempt to implement Francis Bacon's program for the methodological reform of the sciences. Instead, the book shows that Bacon's program shaped the society's earliest work in important, if often contradictory, ways. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; 3JD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732918
- ISBN
- 9780804732918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Hardback. This exploration of the life and times of a poet in late medieval Japan is a companion volume to the author's translation of "The Journal of Socho", the travel diary and poetic memoir of Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532), the preeminent linked-verse (renga) poet of his generation. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732840
- ISBN
- 9780804732840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.61
€ 112.61
Hardback. This title argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the 16th century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo and Cavalieri began referring to their field in terms drawn from the exploration accounts of Columbus and Magellan. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732604
- ISBN
- 9780804732604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Hardback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728942
- ISBN
- 9780804728942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.93
€ 160.93
Paperback. At the beginning of the 20th century it was still necessary for women to ask lawmakers, 'Are women persons?' The rights and treatment of women in their homes, workplaces, and government were issues that men often preferred to ignore. But women refused to remain silent. This volume looks at women who are shapers of history, as well as its victims. Editor(s): Moynihan, Ruth Barnes; Russett, Cynthia; Crumpacker, Laurie. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281998
- ISBN
- 9780803281998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 4 maps, 6 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478833
- ISBN
- 9780801478833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447419
- ISBN
- 9780801447419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.59
€ 84.59
Hardback. This unique exploration of commemoration and memory traces Jacque Cartier's evolving image over five centuries to show how changing notions of the past have shaped identity formation and nationalism in English- and French-speaking Canada. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774817417
- ISBN
- 9780774817417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Hardback. In this important new book the renowned historian Serge Gruzinski returns to two episodes in the sixteenth century which mark a decisive stage in global history and show how China and Mexico experienced the expansion of Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745667119
- ISBN
- 9780745667119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Hardback. In this latest addition to the War & Conflict Through the Ages series, Brian Sandberg offers a truly global examination of the intersections between war, culture, and society in the early modern period. Series: War and Conflict Through the Ages. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646022
- ISBN
- 9780745646022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.40
€ 79.40
Hardback. aeo A concise but wide--ranging work by one of Francea s greatest historians. aeo Discusses the relation between art and society in Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. aeo Demonstrates how the meaning and significance of art changes over time. Num Pages: 119 pages, 16 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; ACK; ACN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621739
- ISBN
- 9780745621739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82