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Paperback. This is the first survey of the vast array of images produced in sixteenth-century China, from conventional artworks, to wall decorations, to books, maps, images on ceramics, and even on the dress of the prosperous. Craig Clunas provides a stimulating and innovative point of entry to Chinese art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896681
ISBN
9781861896681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.70

Paperback. Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians. Series: Warfare and History. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857283938
ISBN
9781857283938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

Paperback. Considers the many ways in which autobiographical selves emerged from the late medieval period through the seventeenth century, with the aim of understanding the interaction between those individuals' lives and their worlds, the ways in which they could be recorded, and the contexts in which they are read. Editor(s): Bedford, Ronald; Davis, Lloyd; Kelly, Philippa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069286
ISBN
9780472069286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.17

paperback. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This book traces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China, believing that they could convert the Chinese to Christianity. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674030367
ISBN
9780674030367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.63

hardcover. A selection translated and edited with an introduction by G.H.R. Parkinson. Num Pages: 214 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 383. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035357
ISBN
9780198243069
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. The book charts the establishment of the modern idea of parliamentary sovereignty. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; JFCX; JPHC. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 755. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036304
ISBN
9780521232722
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Longman
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036134
ISBN
9780582491335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Locke was originally published in two volumes, Epistemology and Ontology. This paperback edition has within its covers the full text of both volumes. Series: Arguments of the Philosophers. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HPC; HPJ; HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1016. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000728
ISBN
9780415100304
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A major contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century England, from one of its foremost historians. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 805. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000630
ISBN
9780521843751
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000598
ISBN
9780801433863
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. This biography of Boyle navigates Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0034846
ISBN
9780300169317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.91

hardcover. Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 line illustrations; 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBLH; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034819
ISBN
9780674059726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This book is the first documentation of Hottinger's Arabic and Islamic studies. It includes a biographical account of Hottinger, studies of his activities as a bibliographer of Arabic texts, as teacher of the Arabic language, as student of the history of Islam, and as a Protestant who used his work to engage in anti-Catholic polemics. Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJF; JFCX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034553
ISBN
9780199682140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034546
ISBN
9780199236190
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of guilds and scientific research that led to the Industrial Research? "Clocks and Cultures" is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over 400 years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. Series: Norton Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034462
ISBN
9780393324433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A critical edition of the writings of the English philosopher and sage Francis Bacon (1561-1626). It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early 17th century. Editor(s): Rees, The late Graham. Translator(s): Edwards, Michael. Series: The Oxford Francis Bacon. Num Pages: 620 pages, 6 plates, 3 figures and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; DNF; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1030. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034435
ISBN
9780198122906
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. The second of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 510 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034143
ISBN
9780198237488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. One of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 588 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 834. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034142
ISBN
9780198237471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. Challenges the paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. This book evaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline, and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 172 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630852
ISBN
9780815630852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.95

paperback. Suitable for an introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing, this book focuses on "personalized history" presented through biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from the colonial period to 1877. Num Pages: 320 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765619181
ISBN
9780765619181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.29

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