Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Hardback. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. 320 pages, Illustrations. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273917
- ISBN
- 9780520273917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.77
€ 45.99
€ 32.77
hardcover. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689088
- ISBN
- 9780847689088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.72
€ 137.72
Paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689095
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.09
€ 52.09
Hardcover. Examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600 BCE). In particular, this book focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and style, and their role in collective memory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 colour plates, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105611
- ISBN
- 9780226105611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 59.65
€ 71.30
€ 59.65
Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890067
- ISBN
- 9788772890067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300218381
- ISBN
- 9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
paperback. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Num Pages: 306 pages, 78 b/w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. 306 pages, 130 b&w illustrations, 1 map. Editor(s): Dexter, Miriam Robbins. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original - and originally shocking - interpretation of prehistoric European civilization. This text contains the distillation of her studies, combined with new disco veries, insights, and analysis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRK. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229150
- ISBN
- 9780520229150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.35
€ 38.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100817
- ISBN
- 9780759100817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.80
€ 83.80
Paperback. This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444349863
- ISBN
- 9781444349863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.03
€ 54.99
€ 54.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226054421
- ISBN
- 9780226054421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.36
€ 95.07
€ 79.36
Hardback. Offers a survey of the famous historian and biographer Plutarch. This title presents a comprehensive discussion of major aspects of Plutarch's oeuvre. It provides essential background information on Plutarch's world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and more. Editor(s): Beck, Mark. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 644 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194310
- ISBN
- 9781405194310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.74
€ 180.74
Paperback. The first comprehensive introduction to the role of smell in the history, literature and society of classical antiquity, "Smell and the Ancient Senses" examines the ways in which the olfactory sense contributed to our perceptions of bodies, environments, behaviour and morality. Editor(s): Bradley, Mark. Series: The Senses in Antiquity. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844656424
- ISBN
- 9781844656424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.83
€ 44.99
€ 44.83
Paperback. Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444350159
- ISBN
- 9781444350159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.81
€ 73.81
Hardback. An exploration of the public and private beliefs of governors such as Sir Thomas Brisbane, Sir John Colbourne, Sir George Grey and Lord Elgin as they struggled to survive in colonial cultures which both defied and vilified their personal qualities. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539040
- ISBN
- 9780333539040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Paperback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416861
- ISBN
- 9781421416861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.87
€ 35.87
Paperback. This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behaviour and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chapters newly translated from German and French. Editor(s): Golden, Mark; Toohey, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613205
- ISBN
- 9780748613205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Hardback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416854
- ISBN
- 9781421416854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.10€ 47.03
€ 51.10
€ 47.03
Paperback. History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation - the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE). This text provides an examination of this democracy transformed by war. Num Pages: 537 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236851
- ISBN
- 9780520236851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272259
- ISBN
- 9781783272259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
Paperback. Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. This book provides a representative sample of the primary evidence for ancient Greek and Roman education. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415338073
- ISBN
- 9780415338073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03